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Extreme weather in California forces farmers to take drastic measures
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: While most of the East is buried under ice and snow, the West is having a heat wave. It topped 80 degrees in Los Angeles Friday. President Obama is meeting with farmers in California's Central Valley who are struggling through one of the driest years in memory. The White House is providing some help: $160 million in disaster relief. Nearly all of California is in a drought. In 61 percent of the state, it is extreme or exceptional. Farmers have been forced to take drastic steps. Farmer Joe...
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Farmers Encouraged to Tell Their Stories Online
2014-02-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The producer of farmNwife.com is encouraging farmers to consider telling their stories online, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Texas Rice Farmers Again Face Limited Water
2014-02-12 15:37:36| Waste Management - Topix.net
A Texas agency may restrict water supplies to Gulf Coast bays, estuaries and rice farmers for a third straight year.
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El Nio threat turns up heat Australia suffering farmers
2014-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Farmers and firefighters, already dogged by a hot, dry summer for much of Australia, may face worsening conditions later in the year as prospects grow for an El Nino weather pattern in the Pacific. A series of heatwaves and a spreading drought is expected to cut the output of summer crops by 25 per cent for 2013-14 to the lowest level since 2009-10, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) said on Tuesday. Victorian fire authorities, meanwhile, continued...
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Pig Farmers Urged to Stay Alert for Swine Dysentery
2014-02-12 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - BPEX is reminding pig producers to be extra vigilant for symptoms of swine dysentery and step up defences. At this time of year, the risk of dysentery is high and cases have been found in Yorkshire.
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