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Nationwide Drought Improves Over 2013; West Still Suffers
2014-01-06 16:58:00| Beef
Beef Producer Showing a nearly 30% improvement in nationwide drought over Jan. 1, 2013, the first U.S. Drought Monitor for the new year also indicates that the West is not out of the woods yet. read more
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Dollar offers relief to farmers amid relentless drought
2014-01-06 06:35:21| Agriculture - Topix.net
Queensland's peak rural lobby group AgForce says a drop in the Australian dollar should provide the agriculture industry some positives in 2014.
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Texas Ranchers Hit By Drought Look To Rebuild
2014-01-06 04:12:27| Beef
Fox News After a dispiriting stretch of years, many Texas ranchers are more optimistic these days, as drought, expensive feed and other conditions that decimated their cattle herds have begun to loosen their grip. But rebuilding their herds will be neither cheap nor a short-term process, even in the nation's top cattle-producing state. read more
Colorado River Drought Forces Painful Reckoning for States
2014-01-06 03:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The sinuous Colorado River and its slew of man-made reservoirs from the Rockies to southern Arizona are being sapped by 14 years of drought nearly unrivaled in 1,250 years. The once broad and blue river has in many places dwindled to a murky brown trickle. Reservoirs have shrunk to less than half their capacities, the canyon walls around them ringed with white mineral deposits where water once lapped. Seeking to stretch their allotments of the river, regional water agencies are recycling sewage...
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California drought brings water rationing orders
2013-12-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: December is usually not the time of year to discuss water rationing. But this holiday month has been so dry that mandatory water conservation orders are beginning to sweep across the Sacramento region. The city of Folsom led the pack on Monday, imposing a mandatory 20 percent water conservation order. On Thursday, Sacramento County asked customers in unincorporated areas to voluntarily reduce water consumption by 20 percent. The cities of Sacramento and Roseville are likely to consider their own...
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