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U.S. drought expands for 3rd straight week-US drought monitor
2013-07-03 20:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Drought conditions expanded in the contiguous United States over the past week given persistent heat and dryness in the southern Plains, while the eastern half of the country is out of drought amid steady rains, according to a weekly drought report. The U.S. Drought Monitor, issued by state and federal experts on Wednesday, said drought areas in the "moderate to exceptional" categories grew to 44.06 percent, from 43.84 a week ago. "This is the third straight week of the drought expanding,"...
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Lindsay: Drought Leading To Explosive Sales Growth
2013-07-01 14:04:29| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Lindsay Corp is a provider of water management and road infrastructure products and services with a market cap just under $1B, and a ttm P/E ratio of ~15.9. This article discusses why I think the company is a good investment currently, and what external factors are behind the company's outstanding sales growth over the last few years.
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8 Images to Understand the Drought in the Southwest
2013-06-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: In states like Missouri, last summer's drought was downright scary. Farmers saw their corn shrivel in the fields, ranchers ran out of feed for their cattle, and commerce on the Mississippi River slowed to a crawl, as barges struggled to avoid newly exposed rocks on the low-flowing river. But this spring brought relief. And now, after one of the wettest springs on record, life will return to a different sort of normal for many Midwestern farmers, as they deal with the problem of having too much water....
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Iowa: Recent flood and drought signal what's to come, scientists and officials say
2013-06-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press-Citizen: Given the choice between a drought or flooding, Johnson County farmer Russ Meade would take his chances with swampy fields any year. Psychologically, a drought affects you a lot worse because youre seeing things slowly die, said Meade, who helps run his familys 720-acre corn, soybean and cattle farm near Tiffin. The past two growing seasons, though, Meade has faced both extremes. Last summer, his crops wilted during the fifth-driest summer on record in Iowa. That was followed by the wettest...
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During Record Drought, Frackers Outcompete Farmers for Water Supplies
2013-06-21 18:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The impacts of 2013's severe drought are apparent across the nation in forests, on farms and on once snowy peaks. Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry is demanding unprecedented amounts of water for hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking. Fourth-generation Colorado farmer Kent Peppler told the Associated Press (AP) that he is fallowing some of his corn fields this year because he cant afford to irrigate the land for the full growing season, in part because deep-pocketed energy companies...
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