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U. S. States Seeking Drought Relief

Texas Governor Rick Perry asked for disaster relief assistance from the federal government March 6 for drought-stricken farmers across the state. Parts of south and central Texas including the ranchlands around San Antonio and the state capitol Austin are suffering from their most severe drought on record, exacerbating the woes of the state’s cattle industry
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China Waters Thirsty Wheat Crop

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China’s main wheat crop may emerge mostly unscathed from a dire drought as Beijing moves to fund last-minute irrigation, reviving crops that might otherwise have been left to die by farmers struggling with low prices and oversupply. A domestic media outcry and public hand-wringing about the severity of the drought triggered some speculation that the
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China declares emergency as drought bites

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China has declared an emergency over a drought which could damage the important wheat crop, threatening further hardship for farmers amid slumping economic growth. The dry winter gripping parts of central and northern China sent Zhengzhou wheat futures up five per cent last week but physical prices have not moved, with most investors confident the
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Argentina declares drought emergency

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez has declared an agricultural emergency in areas affected by the worst drought to hit the country in four decades. The state of emergency will allow farmers in affected areas to defer some tax payments for one year, Fernandez said Jan. 26. Argentina, a leading world producer of soy, corn, wheat and
Cereals, Crops

Heavy rain threatens Australia’s wheat crop quality

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Australia’s wheat growers, reeling from years of drought, now face a new problem, with heavy rainfall provoking concern about the quality of the 2008-09 crop. The 2008-09 wheat harvest now underway has been disrupted by downpours in some key crop-growing regions in eastern parts of the country, including the northwest of New South Wales state
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Who minds the Red’s flow in drought years?

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Recent rains here in the Red River Basin have had many of us worrying about getting crops off the fields, and certainly not about drought. But history in the basin promises us that drought, to some degree or another, will indeed be part of our experience here. Are we prepared for it? According to a

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