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New Mexico Setting New Records With Drought

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:49:17 +0000

New Mexico is slipping further into drought, having marked the driest two-year period in nearly 120 years of record-keeping. National weather forecasters and water managers shared the latest statistics on New Mexico’s devastatingly dry conditions during a meeting Tuesday. They …

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USDA: Southeast Wyoming Emerging From Drought

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:13:39 +0000

The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows southeast Wyoming may be emerging from 11 months of drought. The USDA’s weekly Drought Monitor out last week shows the Cheyenne area has been downgraded from “moderate drought” to “abnormally …

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Drought Costs Wyoming County its No. 1 Hay Spot

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:40:56 +0000

Fremont County has lost its spot as Wyoming’s No. 1 alfalfa-producing county, growing only two-thirds of the hay in 2012 than it did in 2011. The Riverton Ranger reported local farmers produced 157,000 tons of the crop, topped only by …

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Rains Wash Away U.S. Drought, Shifting Farm Economy’s Prospects

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:44:38 +0000

Torrential downpours across a broad swath of the U.S. Midwest this week are easing the worst drought in more than 50 years, flooding streams, snarling river transportation, stalling corn plantings – and changing the outlook for the American farm economy …

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Drought Poses Challenges New Mexico Chile Growers

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:45:12 +0000

The worst-ever Rio Grande drought is posing plenty of challenges this season for chile growers in New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News reported that one challenge is groundwater that’s applied to crops in the absence of river water is saltier. …

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Mixed Bag of Drought, Flooding and Warm Weather Predicted for Spring

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:34:08 +0000

In its three-month U.S. Spring Outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas of Texas, the Southwest and the Great Plains. Spring promises little drought …

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Montana’s Wheat Crop Valued At $1.7B

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:58:44 +0000

Agricultural analysts say Montana’s 2012 wheat crop was valued at a record $1.7 billion, making it the fifth time in six years that the crop has been valued at over $1 billion. The Billings Gazette reported farmers harvested 194.7 million …

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Scientists Want Montana Climate Office Reopened To Help Farmers

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:10:46 +0000

State officials should approve and provide money to reopen a state climate office because new technologies could help crop producers track global competition as well as offer other advantages, scientists at the University of Montana say. A team of UM …

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New Reform-Minded Farm Law Needed: American Farm Bureau

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:01:20 +0000

U.S. farmers want a new reform-minded farm law even if it means the end of a popular $5 billion-a-year subsidy that is paid regardless of need, the president of the largest U.S. farm group said on Sunday. “There’s a great …

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Drought Persists in U.S. Plains; Slight Improvement in Midwest

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:40:51 +0000

Snowfall in parts of the U.S. Plains last week had little impact on historic drought gripping the region, but parts of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin showed slight improvement, weather experts said. A weekly report issued Thursday by a consortium …

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Colorado University Seeks Farmers’ Experience With Drought

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:17:04 +0000

Researchers at Colorado State University want to hear from farmers across the state who have been affected by this year’s drought. The Fort Collins Coloradoan reported CSU agricultural economists want to gauge the full impact of the drought in hopes …

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Drought Likely To Continue In Nebraska In 2013

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:08:04 +0000

Nebraskans should expect the impact of the drought to worsen next year if the current dry forecast for the winter holds up. Climatologists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s National Drought Mitigation Center say the effects of the drought will likely …

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2012 On Track To Be Wyoming’s Driest In 118 Years

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:26:53 +0000

A year ago, all parts of Wyoming were free of drought. Now, 2012 is on track to be the driest in Wyoming in 118 years after a dry spring and summer. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report found drought conditions …

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Official Urges Collaboration On Wildfire Projects in West

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:19:57 +0000

As the western U.S. comes off a tough wildfire season, more collaboration is needed to guard against catastrophic fires and to restore charred forests and rangeland, a senior federal official said at a Western Governors’ Association meeting in Arizona over …

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Colombia to Offer Climate Change Insurance to Coffee Farmers

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:59:53 +0000

Colombia is launching insurance to protect coffee plantations hit by climate change, which has damaged output in the world’s top producer of high quality Arabica beans in recent years, officials said on Wednesday. After three years of bad weather and …

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Extreme Weather Hits Poor, Middle Class in U.S. the Hardest

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:18:53 +0000

U.S. droughts, floods and heat waves likely fueled by climate change in the last two years hit the people who can afford it the least – the poor and middle class, a report published on Friday said. In affected areas …

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Iowa on Pace for Slowest Tornado Year in 5 Decades

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:51:52 +0000

Iowa is on pace to see its least active tornado season in nearly 50 years, thanks to the drought. There have been only 16 recorded tornadoes this year, the fewest since 1963, according to State Climatologist Harry Hillaker. Hillaker told …

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Drought Holds Steady in Midwest, Clouding Winter Crop Outlook

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:59:57 +0000

The nation’s worst drought in decades showed no signs of improvement last week in parts of the Midwest and Plains where the corn harvest is about two-thirds complete, clouding the prospects for the winter wheat crop, according to a drought …

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Drought Crushes Local Beef Industry In Hawaii

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:14:36 +0000

National interest in locally grown food and grass-fed beef are catching on in Hawaii, offering ranchers an opportunity to sell cattle in the islands and send fewer of them to states like California and Kansas. But crushing drought is making …

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Monsoon Ends After Dismal Rain Year For N.M.

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:41:05 +0000

New Mexico’s summer monsoon season began with promise but has now ended with disappointing amounts of rainfall across much of the state. National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Frazier told the Santa Fe New Mexican that the ingredients needed to bring …

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Drought Area Expands in Northern U.S., Eases in South

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:02:23 +0000

The worst drought to hit the United States in a half century expanded in the upper Midwest and northern Plains states in the past week due to warmer- and drier-than-normal weather, but loosened its grip on some central and southern …

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Aon Benfield August Cat Report Focuses on Isaac; Insurance Cover Disparity

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:00:31 +0000

Aon Benfield’s latest edition of its Global Catastrophe Recap report, which reviews the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during August, notes that Hurricane Isaac was “the first land falling hurricane along the United States’ Gulf Coast region since 2008.” …

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Drought, Low Export Demand Sap Midwest Economy

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:44:28 +0000

An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index remained …

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NZ Weather Scientists Foresee Short, Weak El Nino

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:19:09 +0000

El Nino weather conditions, which can bring droughts to parts of Asia and affect crops, have emerged but will likely be weak and short lived, New Zealand scientists said on Tuesday. El Nino is a warming of sea surface temperatures …

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Report: U.S. Corn Belt Benefits from Recent Rains

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:48:41 +0000

Some key U.S. farm states punished by the nation’s worst drought in decades benefited slightly from recent rains, with more rain on the way from the remnants of Hurricane Isaac. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map released on Aug. 30 …

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Drought-Stricken States Welcome Rain from Isaac

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:15:31 +0000

Tropical Storm Isaac could bring welcome rain to some states in the Mississippi River valley this week, but experts say it’s unlikely to break the drought gripping the U.S. Midwest. Along with the deluge of rain along the Gulf Coast …

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Isaac Worries Some Arkansas Farmers, Cheers Cattlemen

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:07:51 +0000

Arkansas agriculture officials say Hurricane Isaac would bring welcome rain to the state, but producers are worried about the stormy conditions that would accompany the precipitation. Pope County Extension Agent Phil Sims said that ranchers in particular are eager for …

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Drought Worsens in Plains, Despite Cooler Temps

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:37:04 +0000

The nation’s most withering drought in decades only got worse in several key farming states last week, despite cooler temperatures that at least gave those living there a break from this summer’s stifling heat, according to a new drought report …

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Arkansas’ Fire Danger Lowered from Extreme to High

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:02:53 +0000

The Arkansas Forestry Commission has lowered the wildfire danger for Arkansas from extreme to high because of scattered rain across the state and elevated humidity values. Officials said open burning is still discouraged, since fires can escape and containment can …

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Rains Fail to Offset Oklahoma Drought Conditions

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:57:10 +0000

Rains that have fallen across Oklahoma during the past week have not provided significant relief from drought conditions that have plagued the state in recent months, according to a state climatologist, and left the state’s cotton crop in what one …

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