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Memories of the “dust bowl” recalled as drought grips U.S. Great Plains

By Kevin Murphy January 17, 2013

Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. is experiencing drought conditions and many say the outlook is getting worse

Real estate agent Mark Faulkner recalls a day in early November when he was putting up a sign near Ulysses, Kansas, in 60-miles-per-hour winds that blew up blinding dust clouds. “There were places you could not see, it was blowing so hard,” Faulkner said. Residents of the Great Plains over the last year or so

Cereals, News

Drought across the globe reducing grain stocks

By James Mackenzie November 29, 2012

Reuters / Food prices have eased slightly but this year’s droughts in key producer regions from the Black Sea to the U.S. Corn Belt are keeping cereal stocks at low levels, says a new report from the United Nations’ food agency. “This season’s world cereal supply-and-demand balance is proving much tighter than in 2011-12 with

News, Weather

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

By Carey Gillam November 21, 2012

Reuters / Recent snow, rain and cooler temperatures helped to ease suffering in some drought-stricken areas of the U.S., but others saw conditions worsen. Monster storm Sandy, which devastated the eastern U.S. with heavy rains and high winds, had little to no impact on the driest areas of the American heartland. Indeed, the worst level

News, Weather

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

By Carey Gillam November 15, 2012

Reuters / Recent snow, rain and cooler temperatures helped to ease suffering in some drought-stricken areas of the U.S., but others saw conditions worsen. Monster storm Sandy, which devastated the eastern U.S. with heavy rains and high winds, had little to no impact on the driest areas of the American heartland. Indeed, the worst level

Cereals, Crops, News

U.S. drought deepens in plains states, wheat crop suffers

November 15, 2012

reuters / Hot and dry conditions in parts of middle America have deepened an ongoing drought in many states. October is typically the third-wettest month for Texas, but instead last month was the ninth driest since 1895. Oklahoma was also dry and like Texas, saw above-normal temperatures. The persistent drought was hindering growth of the

News, Opinion

Flood or drought: Which should we expect?

By Rrbc Release November 15, 2012

Recent rains have been more than welcome here in the Red River basin after a summer of drought-like conditions in much of the basin and surrounding region. Given the large floods of 1997, 2010, 2011 — and smaller floods in between — you would never have thought we would be looking so anxiously to the

News, Weather

U.S. winter likely to continue hot weather trend

By Ayesha Rascoe, Deborah Zabarenko October 26, 2012

After a hot spring and a scorching summer, this winter is likely to continue a U.S. warming trend that could make 2012 the hottest year since modern record-keeping began, U.S. weather experts said Oct. 18. Drought that ravaged much of the United States this year may spread in the coming months, said Mike Halpert at

News

Drought area widens in U.S., producers are frustrated

October 10, 2012

More than 65 per cent of the contiguous United States was under at least “moderate” drought as of Sept. 25, up from 64.82 per cent a week earlier, according to the Drought Monitor, a weekly compilation of data gathered by federal and academic scientists. The portion of the United States under “exceptional” drought — the

Crops, International news, News

African farmers responding to changing climate

By Alister Doyle September 22, 2012

Reuters / African farmers are finding new ways to cope with droughts, erosion and other ravages of climate change, but need to do more to thrive in an increasingly uncertain environment, scientists say. Smallholders have started to plant more drought-resistant and faster-growing crops to keep the harvests coming in, according to a survey of 700

Crops, News

Biggest U.S. farm lender says it will stand by drought-hit customers

By Christine Stebbins September 22, 2012

Reuters – The Farm Credit System, the largest single lender to U.S. agriculture, said on Sept. 12 it would meet the borrowing needs of rural America and stand by its customers challenged by the worst drought in more than half a century. “The Farm Credit System remains well positioned to meet the borrowing needs of

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week low as Brazilian harvest looms; corn, wheat sag

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end lower, hogs mostly lower

CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak

Tag Archives Drought

Memories of the “dust bowl” recalled as drought grips U.S. Great Plains

Drought across the globe reducing grain stocks

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

U.S. drought deepens in plains states, wheat crop suffers

Flood or drought: Which should we expect?

U.S. winter likely to continue hot weather trend

Drought area widens in U.S., producers are frustrated

African farmers responding to changing climate

Biggest U.S. farm lender says it will stand by drought-hit customers

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