Farmers fear frost impact - Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca

CENTREVILLE — Nova Scotia fruit farmers have suffered potentially the worst crop damage in almost 25 years.
...Frost kills the pistols and the ovaries, the reproductive part, of the delicate flower.

Turkish apricot dealers look for view on size of crop

TURKEY'S apricot crop suffered major damage from frost earlier this year and speculation abounds over the likely final crop size.

With subsidies in the balance, Obama speaks up for ethanol | Grist

While the BBC explores the dark underbelly of the biofuel craze, President Obama affirms his support for crop-based fuels.

Senate Climate Bill Trio Headed in Different Directions - NYTimes.com

[April 27] Prospects for the Senate climate bill grew even dimmer yesterday after the trio working on a comprehensive measure emerged from a closed-door meeting headed in separate directions -- both literally and figuratively.

The Migrant Mind: Blank sun, cosmic rays, clouds and cooling

[2009] Today's update: Cosmic Ray flux has hit an all time high for the space age! That should mean more clouds, increased albedo and a cooling earth--sorry AGW folk.