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Rains to ease drought in Delta; cold snap for Plains
2013-01-09 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Heavy rains in the Delta and southeast over the next week will provide some relief from the worst drought in over 50 years while a cold snap early next week is posing a threat to the struggling wheat crop in the U.S. Plains States, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday. "That is something that definitely will need to be watched," said Andy Karst, meteorologist for World Weather Inc. referring to a turn to bitter cold weather early next week. Karst said warmer weather this week would...
Modest drought relief seen in U.S.; wheat winterkill eyed
2013-01-08 14:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Some modest relief is expected this week from the worst drought in over 50 years in the U.S. crop belt and volatile weather patterns are shifting attention to potential harm or winterkill in the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region, meteorologists said on Tuesday. Heavy rainfall is expected this week in the U.S. Delta extending into central Texas and the showers will move into portions of the southern Midwest, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday. "The strong storm system will...
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Despite drought, NK brand soybeans out yield competitors
2013-01-08 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
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How The Midwestern Drought Could Make Us Healthier--And Whole Foods Richer
2013-01-07 18:08:13| Grocery - Topix.net
Chalk this one up to the butterfly effect: Rising food prices due to historic droughts across the country in 2012 may change the way some Americans eat in 2013, for the better.
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Historic 'Flash Drought' to Continue into 2013
2013-01-07 16:02:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln The drought that swept across wide areas of the United States in the past year was historically unusual in its speed, its intensity and its size, say climatologists at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. And, they say, those dry conditions are expected to last at least through winter. Forecasts show little hope of quick improvement, deepening the negative effects on agriculture, water supplies, food prices and wildlife. read more
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