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U.S. drought expands in top wheat-growing state of Kansas
2013-01-24 18:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Crop-killing drought deepened in Kansas over the last week, further jeopardizing this season's production of winter wheat, a key U.S. crop. Kansas is generally the top U.S. wheat-growing state, but the new crop planted last fall has been struggling with a lack of soil moisture. Without rain and/or heavy snow before spring, millions of acres of wheat could be ruined. But a new climatology report issued Thursday showed no signs of improvement for Kansas, or neighboring farm states. Instead, drought...
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The Difficulty With Drought
2013-01-24 15:48:00| Beef
Ranchers in arid and semi-arid country are used to dry weather, but the current drought is much, much more than just dry weather. And as it spreads into parts of the country that arent accustomed to drought management, the lessons that ranchers in the Southwest and Great Plains have learned become applicable on a wider scale. read more
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Bull Sales Offer Reprieve From Worrying About Drought, Markets
2013-01-23 23:01:30| Beef
Greetings from Sioux Falls, SD! Im joining you today from the Sioux Empire Farm Show, where my family has consignments in the Limousin bull and female show and sale. And, if you didnt get the barn crud from the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO, or the Black Hills Stock Show in Rapid City, SD, youre certainly going to get it here. The barn is dusty and dry as the drought that is rampaging the countryside. BEEF Daily read more
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Thoughts On Repopulating A Beef Herd After Drought
2013-01-23 16:16:00| Beef
In times of drought, ranchers should focus most of their management energy on cash flowing the herd through the drought and beyond. Remember, a droughts cash-flow impact on a herd is 7-10 years. Market Advisor read more
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Drought persists in U.S. Plains, no harm seen from cold snap
2013-01-22 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Dry weather persists in the Plains and western Midwest leading to concern about the fate of the 2013 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop and seedings of the corn and soybean crops, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday. "The main issue in North America is the dryness in the southern Plains," said John Dee, a meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring. Dee said it would be dry in the Plains and Midwest this week followed by light precipitation of 0.20 inch to 0.60 inch early next week then...
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