Drought News

Many Conservation Reserve Program participants find themselves facing some tough decisions after being notified their contracts will not be renewed, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist.

The lack of rain and the high costs of fuel, fertilizer and pesticides are two of the biggest challenges area farmers face, according to the Canadian Wheat Board's 2009 producer survey conducted last April.

With Lake Travis water levels at some of the lowest on record, some groups have asked the city to increase spending to conserve water.

India needn't gamble or fret about the timing of the monsoon any more, but only if it plays smart.

CALGARY a ' As if a drought weren't enough for Alberta farmers to worry about a ' now they're bracing for a possible onslaught of grasshoppers.

Hit by drought for the fourth successive year and fed up of the government's apathy to their woes, thousands of farmers of Chhattarpur block in Jharkhand's Palamau district have launched a signature campaign seeking 'mercy killing' from President Pratibha Patil.

After months of debate, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said up to 100,000 acre-feet of water will be released to Central Valley farms to help them in drought conditions.

The world's central bankers have warned that the British economy faces relapsing into another recession - the much-feared "double dip" downturn.

Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. is putting two more crop insurance enhancements into action in response to Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud's tour of drought-affected areas last week.

In this months PLoS Medicine Editorial, the editors argue that -- despite recent international objections -- access to clean water should be recognised as a human right.

At the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, general manager Randy Paradine says he's cutting costs by cutting water usage.

USAID announced on Thursday a $1 million commitment to a Red Cross project aimed at helping those "living along southern Africa's Zambezi River cope with worsening natural disasters because of climate change," the AP/Washington Post reports.

China on Tuesday presented 4,000 tons of soya beans worth 500,000 U. S. dollars to Zimbabwe to help ease food shortages in the country.

FRESNO, Calif. - Streets in downtown Fresno are being closed to traffic as officials prepare for potentially thousands of farmers and their supporters gathering for a water rally.Nearly three months after the Latino Water Coalition drew attention to San Joaquin Valley water shortages with a march from Mendota to the San Luis Reservoir, the ...

The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively preclude even the testing of genetically modified trees, scientists argue in a new report.

An El Nino weather pattern that could bring drought conditions to Australia's farmlands is "very likely" this year and could be officially declared within weeks, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Wednesday.

Australian pea growers are under a marketing attack from their New Zealand competitors.

Farmers, farmworkers and water activists plan to rally in Fresno on Wednesday to call attention to water shortages.

This June 1, 2009 photo shows Jeff Trosen, right, and his son, Broc, working to free a stuck combine in a field of corn north of Arvilla, N.D. The Trosen's have nearly 1,200 acres of unharvested corn left and are hoping for drier conditions for planting soybeans where possible.

BEIJING: A serious drought has hit northwest China's Gansu Province and led to a shortage of drinking water for 230,000 people, while rainstorms ravage the country's southern parts, according to provincial weather reports Tuesday.