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La Nina’s impact on the food supply chain

Resilinc

Will drought persist in California, as La Niña shifts storm tracks northward? But growing conditions took “a dramatic turn” in December, with dryness attributed to La Niña setting in across southern Brazil and Argentina, according to Reuters market analyst Karen Braun. But specific regional impacts are harder to predict. Will the U.S.

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“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

It will probably alleviate California’s drought. El Niño is set to bring copious amounts of precipitation to California and the Southern United States. will see a wet winter while California is preparing for storms that will bring floods and mudslides. Image courtesy NASA. The Southern U.S.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Boot Barn @bootbarn In 2016, Boot Barn improved operations at its distribution center in Fontana, California by implementing HighJump’s Warehouse Advantage WMS. As of mid-2017, 80% of the company’s shipments out of its warehouse were going to areas other than California and New York.