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Drought-damaged states face poor outlook as dry weather persists
2013-01-10 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A persistent drought held its grip on America's bread basket on Thursday, with no sign of relief for the four main wheat-growing states. The poor outlook for winter wheat, which accounts for about 70% of the US crop, has raised fears about further food prices shocks, after widespread failure of last year's corn and soybean crops. Conditions in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas, which produce about a third of the country's wheat crop, remained unchanged virtually the worst on record, according...
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Drought persists in U.S. Plains; slight improvement in Midwest
2013-01-03 17:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Snowfall in parts of the Plains last week had little impact on historic drought gripping the region, but parts of Illinois, Wisconsin and the Southeast showed slight improvement, weather experts said. A weekly report issued Thursday by a consortium of federal and state climatology experts said that as of January 1, 42.05 percent of the contiguous United States was in severe to exceptional drought, down from 42.45 percent the previous week. Parts of the central Plains received snow in the last...
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