American farmers have been ridiculing a proposal by U. S. regulators to reduce the amount of dust floating in rural air. “If there’s ever been rural America, that’s what rural America is,” said Nebraska hog farmer Danny Kluthe. “You know? It’s dirt out here, and with dirt you’ve got dust.” The Environmental Protection Agency is
U. S. Farmers See Red Over Proposed Dust Limits – for Sep. 16, 2010
World Simmers In Hottest Year So Far
The world is enduring the hottest year on record, according to a U. S. national weather analysis, causing droughts worldwide and a concern for U. S. farmers counting on another bumper year. For the first six months of the year, 2010 has been warmer than the first half of 1998, the previous record holder, by