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3 hrs ago | North Texas e-News

Grazing former CRP lands will take careful management

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.

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7 hrs ago | Peace Country Sun

Survey says lack of rain one of biggest challenges for farmers

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.

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11 hrs ago | ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Groups call for more water conservation

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

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16 hrs ago | India Gazette

Farmers need not worry when rains are tardy

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

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, World News, India, Weather, Natural Disasters

20 hrs ago | Canada.com

Alta. farmers fear grasshopper infestation

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.

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Yesterday | India Gazette

Staring at drought again, farmers seek 'mercy killing'

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.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Pratibha Patil, Manmohan Singh, Agriculture, Science

Thu Jul 02, 2009

My58.com

Governor: Water Will Be Released To Farms 18min

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.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Weather, Natural Disasters, Fresno County, CA, Agriculture, Science

The New Zealand Herald

Bankers warn of double-dip slump in Britain

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

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Home, Mortgage

The StarPhoenix

Farmers get insurance options

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.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Canada

PhysOrg Weblog

Water should be a human right

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.

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Bradenton Herald

Area hotels, restaurants conserve water to save bucks

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

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Related Topix: Manatee County, FL, Weather, Natural Disasters, Holmes Beach, FL

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Medical News

USAID commits $1 million to help several African nations deal with natural disasters, disease spread

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.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Cholera, Health, Medicine, Malaria

People's Daily

Zimbabwe treasures China's help in difficult times

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.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Zimbabwe, Asia, China, Life, Food, Vegetables, Weather, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Science

CBS 47

Farmers heading to downtown Fresno for water rally

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 ...

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Related Topix: Fresno, CA, Fresno Metro, Weather, Natural Disasters

RedOrbit

Anti-biotech Groups Obstruct Forest Biotechnology

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.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Science / Technology, Weather, Natural Disasters, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Agriculture, Science

Boston.com

El Nino "very likely" in 2009: Australia

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.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Meteorology, Science, Agriculture

The Age

War and peas - growers under siege

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

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Related Topix: Marketing, Weather, Natural Disasters, Life, Food, Vegetables

Tue Jun 30, 2009

KSBW-TV

Farmers To Rally In Fresno Over Water

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

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Al.com - Everything Alabama

U.S. farmers plant more corn than expected in 2009

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.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Weather, Natural Disasters

China Daily

Drought plagues China as downpour hits south

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.

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