Raking it in: A survey found that Zurich residents earn more than residents of any other city in the world, with the average net salary in the Swiss city hitting $22.60 an hour, reports Forbes magazine. The USB analysis says another city in Switzerland, Geneva was second with the average for net pay at $20.40. New York was the only American city in the top 5, with an average net salary $19 an hour. The major world city where jobs paid the worst was Mumbai, the average hourly wage in the Indian city was $1.20.
Drying up: The state’s soybean crop has been hurt by drought conditions this year, according to the LSU AgCenter. The LSU AgCenter’s soybean specialist Ron Levy says late-season diseases have affected soybeans and farmers have suffered from yield losses. Most years farmers get yields of 30-to-40 bushels to the acre, but this year farmers are getting yields in the teens.
