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Rains Partly Relieve Drought In Southern U.S.

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Recent rains brought some relief to the drought-ravaged southern U.S. Plains, though parts of Texas saw the worst of the drought actually expand, a report from U.S. climatologists said May 19. Texas, suffering its longest dry spell on record, saw the highest level of drought – dubbed “exceptional” by climatologists – move from 47.56 per
Cereals, Crops

Massive Crop Losses Feared In U.S. South

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The worst drought in more than 40 years has intensified across Texas with high winds and heat causing “massive crop losses,” and with little relief in sight, according to weather experts April 28. A report released from a consortium of national climate experts, dubbed the Drought Monitor, said drought worsened along the Texas border with
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China’s Wheat Crop Hurt By Drought

Wheat output in China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of the grain, may be at risk after severe winter drought in its main northern producing regions, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization said. “Substantially below-normal rainfall since October 2010 in the North China Plain, the country’s main winter wheat-producing area, puts at risk
Cereals, Crops

Drought Hits Wheat, Water Supply In China

Around 2.2 million people are facing a shortage of drinking water due to a severe drought in parts of central, southern and eastern China, with some cities starting to run low on supplies, state media said Jan. 17. Rainfall is down by between 20 and 90 per cent compared with the same period last year
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Drought Spreads Through China

Drought has affected winter wheat crops in 17 per cent of China’s wheat-growing areas in the country’s northern bread basket, and dry weather is forecast to extend until spring next year, the government said. But analysts said it was too early to predict how the overall wheat harvest in May would be affected, since irrigation
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Canada Might Be Spared Increased Drought

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Some of the world’s most populous areas – southern Europe, northern Africa, the western U. S. and much of Latin America – could face severe, even unprecedented drought by 2100, researchers said Oct. 19. Increasing drought has long been forecast as a consequence of climate change, but a new study from the U. S. National
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New Method Yields More Rice With Less Water

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Rice farmers could boost their yields by 50 per cent with a new method that uses less water, Oxfam America said Oct. 20 as climate change and drought threaten the staple crop. Growing rice – considered the major calorie source for about half the world’s population – is water intensive, accounting for as much as
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Australian Farmers Lose In Bid To Save River

Farmers would lose more than a third of irrigation water in Australia’s major food bowl, the Murray-Darling, under a plan released Oct. 8 to restore ailing rivers, posing a new headache for the Labor minority government. The move could see the value of cotton production cut by 25 per cent, and farmers and irrigators have
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Cattle Producers Revive Drought Aid Call

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Manitoba cattle producers have renewed demands for financial assistance to their drought-stricken regions, following a federal drought aid announcement for Alberta and Saskatchewan last week. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association is calling for a government program to trigger drought relief payments for individual producers as needed. Such a program would avoid arguments between producers and
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Not Enough Snow In The High Country

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Alarmingly low snow levels in the Rocky Mountains will cut water supplies to Canada’s Prairies and could help trigger a river drought in the important farming region, a leading expert said May 27. The predictions by University of Saskatchewan hydrologist John Pomeroy were particularly gloomy, given that 2009-10 was a record dry winter for the

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