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Snow welcomed but more needed to end drought

By Carey Gillam February 28, 2013

Reuters / A heavy winter snowstorm that swept across the U.S. midsection was a welcomed event for U.S. winter wheat farmers worried that their drought-stricken fields were too parched to produce a healthy crop this year. Nearly a foot or more of snow fell across key growing areas in Oklahoma and Kansas Feb. 21. “I

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Break in Plains drought seen this week

By Sam Nelson February 23, 2013

Reuters / Agricultural meteorologists said on Tuesday of this week that the precipitation in the next week to 10 days would provide significant relief for crop prospects in the U.S. Plains and Midwest. John Dee, meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring, said “this will really help add to soil moisture levels.” Dee said .50 inch to

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U.S. spring crop season jeopardized as drought persists

By Carey Gillam February 15, 2013

Reuters / The unrelenting drought gripping key farming states in the U.S. Plains shows no signs of abating, and it will take a deluge of snow or rain to restore critical moisture to farmland before spring planting of new crops, a climate expert said Jan. 31. “It’s not a pretty picture,” said climatologist Mark Svoboda

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The rains that come are never enough as U.S. drought persists

By Carey Gillam February 6, 2013

Recent rains have brought some relief to Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, but the U.S. Plains remains tightly gripped by severe drought. The worst-hit areas remain in sad shape, said Brian Fuchs, climatologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “We’re still looking at significant precipitation deficits,” Fuchs said. “We really haven’t seen anything that has changed the

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Snow welcomed but more needed to end drought

Break in Plains drought seen this week

U.S. spring crop season jeopardized as drought persists

The rains that come are never enough as U.S. drought persists

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

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?

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

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