Chinese wheat production may shrink for first time in 7 years

China is likely to experience its first decline in wheat production for seven years as cold weather slows growth, Rabobank has warned.

Mr. President Please Think of Spain -- The Iberian Solar Power Bust - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Germany and France have also been pulling back on their ridiculously expensive solar subsidies. Of course, some American states and cities are just now enacting the same failed subsidies that Europe is quickly jettisoning.

And when the subsidies go, so, too, go the much-vaunted "green jobs" that depend on them. Climatewire reports that some 30,000 green jobs have evaporated in Spain. Earlier studies found that it cost nearly $750,000 to create each new green job in Spain's renewable energy sector.

Western Colorado vinyards may have a down year | VailDaily.com

Long winter, late cold snap may keep grape crop down