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3 hrs ago | Southwest Farm Press

Another droughty summer forecast for West Texas

Though recent storms promised to reset the drought button for a large part of East Texas, the western half of the state will likely see below-normal precipitation from now through August, according to a Texas A&M University climatologist.

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Related Topix: Texas, West, TX, Weather, Natural Disasters, Texas A&M University

Tue May 21, 2013

Cortez Journal News

Drought halts water storage 33 full at Jackson LakeMWCD irrigators will get 17 of share

At Jackson Gulch Reservoir, what you see is all you get.A water-right call on the Mancos River has ended storage diversions into the reservoir locals call Jackson Lake.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters

KAUZ

Drought Watch

Burkburnett residents may soon see a rise in their water bills. The Board of Commissioners has passed a measure making changes to the water conservation plan.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Burkburnett, TX, Wichita Falls, TX

KOB-TV

New Mexico setting new records with drought

New Mexico is slipping further into drought, having marked the driest two-year period in nearly 120 years of record-keeping. National weather forecasters and water managers shared the latest statistics on New Mexico's devastatingly dry conditions during a meeting Tuesday.

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CBC News

Alberta's beef industry: 10 years after mad cow crisis

A decade after Alberta's mad cow crisis, there's been a sharp decline in the number of cattle producers in Alberta, due in part to an aging population, drought, rising feed and labour costs, the rising value of the dollar and BSE.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Weather, Natural Disasters, Canada

KARE-TV Minneapolis

Southern Minn. farmers deal with impact of heavy rains

As Minnesota continues to get more and more rain, many Minnesota farmers are worried about the effects of too much moisture on their livelihood.

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Related Topix: Weather, Stewartville, MN, Natural Disasters, Sports

Cortez Journal News

Local ag producers may qualify for low-interest emergency drought loans

Farmers and ranchers in Montezuma, Archuleta, San Miguel, La Plata, and Dolores counties may be eligible for low-interest emergency loans to help cover losses they sustained as a result of the effects of drought conditions according to Rick Cervenka, senior farm loan officer, with the Farm Service Agency.x201cAny farmer or rancher in...

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WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

Senate to debate crop insurance in farm bill

The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, Weather, Natural Disasters, US Politics, US Senate, Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, John McCain, Republican

Mon May 20, 2013

The Atlantic

The Midwest Has Less Water, More Drought in Its Future

Deep underneath the Great Plains states is a massive pool of water that preexists humans.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters

The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

Drought accelerates use of drugs to beef up cattle

Cattle feeders in the U.S. are coping with reduced herds and high corn costs in part by increasing their use of growth-inducing drugs designed to bulk up animals, get more pounds of beef from each carcass and circumvent the drought's withering effects on the food cycle.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Food Science, Food and Drug Administration, Agriculture, Science

Democracy Now

Massive Tornado Hits Oklahoma Killing At Least 10, Is There a Link to Climate Change?

A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday killing at least 37 people.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Environment, Science, Prison, Weather, Natural Disasters

Gizmag

Lighter iPad 5 reportedly entering production soon

Apple usually keeps a pretty steady stream of product announcements coming. But right now we're in the middle of the longest Apple product drought in recent memory .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Ipad, Weather, Natural Disasters, Gadgets

KTEN-TV Denison

Drought, freeze, hail pummel Central Texas peaches

A combination of weather events have Central Texas peach farmers expecting a meager crop once again this season, after several years of little yield due to whimsical weather.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Hailstorm, Gillespie County, TX

Sweetwater Reporter

Sweetwater remains in Stage I drought plan

Following an evaluation from the city engineers, Sweetwater will remain in Stage I of the city's Drought Contingency Plan.

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Related Topix: Sweetwater, TX, Weather, Natural Disasters

AlertNet

Using technology - and cooperation - to fight drought

People collect water at a well in Garissa, Kenya, on August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ken Oloo/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Handout When the governments of eastern Africa created the Intergovernmental Authority on Development more than 25 years ago, they hoped it would forge the cooperation needed to roll back the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, World News, Kenya, Africa, The Federation, Alternative, Famine, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Austin American-Statesman

West investigation, 05.16.13

Peach farmers around Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Texas have been hit by the drought, freezes and hail.

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Related Topix: Fredericksburg, TX, Stonewall, TX, Weather, Natural Disasters, Austin, TX, Energy, Lower Colorado River Authority

Cleveland.com

Cleveland's job drought will soon be history, study says

Northeast Ohio is going to need more people like David Slamic, a skilled machinist at Astro Manufacturing in Eastlake.

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La Vista Sun

Area developers have flurry of subdivisions in the works

Elkhorn Valley View Middle School, in the foreground, and Elkhorn South High School are near Windgate Ranch, a subdivision being developed by Tom Falcone near 208th and Pacific Streets.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Athens Banner-Herald

Drought eases, but water conservation now a fixture

The drought that withered Athens and much of Georgia for the past couple of years has passed.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Georgia, Athens, GA, Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia

CBS Local

Ute Farm & Ranch Wins $92,000 USDA Grant

The bright green alfalfa fields appear like a surreal oasis tucked into the rolling hills of desert shrubbery that extend south as far as the eye can see.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Dolores, CO