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The Drought-Stricken Midwest's Floods: Is This What Climate Change Looks Like?
2013-04-25 22:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic Wire: The dramatic images resulting from this week's floods in the Midwest are, in a way, a welcome sight. Six months ago, the region was wracked by drought. While the sudden drought-to-flood transition may not be due to climate change, it's close to what some models predict. High water has been pervasive throughout the upper Midwest, ranging from Michigan to Missouri. CNN reports that the worst isn't over: flooding is expected this weekend in North Dakota, into Illinois, down to St. Louis. Six months...
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In Drought-Stricken Heartland, Snow is No Savior
2013-02-22 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: After enduring last summers destructive drought, farmers, ranchers and officials across the parched Western states had hoped that plentiful winter snows would replenish the ground and refill their rivers, breaking the grip of one of the worst dry spells in American history. No such luck. Lakes are half full and mountain snows are thin, omens of another summer of drought and wildfire. Complicating matters, many of the worst-hit states have even less water on hand than a year ago, raising the specter...
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Will Snowfall Increase Soil Moisture in Drought-Stricken Areas?
2013-02-12 22:25:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Answer Plot Advisor, WinField Except for the Pacific Northwest and state of Louisiana, much of the area west of the Mississippi River is still experiencing severe to exceptional drought, causing real concern that last year's drought will extend into the 2013 growing season. Snow can certainly help return moisture to the soils in some of these areas, but a lot needs to fall to make an impact; 10 in. of snow only equals about an inch of rain. read more
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State Support Announced for Drought-stricken Farmers
2013-01-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CZECH REPUBLIC – The government has announced that it will release reserved cereals from state storage for domestic cattle, pig and poultry farmers.
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No relief in sight for drought-stricken Plains
2013-01-18 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Dry weather should continue through at least the end of January in the drought-stricken U.S. Plains and a blast of Arctic cold air in the Midwest early next week poses a threat to unprotected livestock and possibly some wheat, an agricultural meteorologist said on Friday. "The hard red winter wheat belt in the Plains looks quiet, dry and cooler next week, but there shouldn't be a cold air threat in the Plains," said John Dee, meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring. Dee said temperatures...
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