Drought News

As Minnesota continues to get more and more rain, many Minnesota farmers are worried about the effects of too much moisture on their livelihood.

Farmers and ranchers in Montezuma, Archuleta, San Miguel, La Plata, and Dolores counties may be eligible for low-interest emergency loans to help cover losses they sustained as a result of the effects of drought conditions according to Rick Cervenka, senior farm loan officer, with the Farm Service Agency.x201cAny farmer or rancher in...

The Senate is debating cuts to the federally subsidized crop insurance program as it considers a massive farm bill this week.

Deep underneath the Great Plains states is a massive pool of water that preexists humans.

Cattle feeders in the U.S. are coping with reduced herds and high corn costs in part by increasing their use of growth-inducing drugs designed to bulk up animals, get more pounds of beef from each carcass and circumvent the drought's withering effects on the food cycle.

A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday killing at least 37 people.

Apple usually keeps a pretty steady stream of product announcements coming. But right now we're in the middle of the longest Apple product drought in recent memory .

A combination of weather events have Central Texas peach farmers expecting a meager crop once again this season, after several years of little yield due to whimsical weather.

Following an evaluation from the city engineers, Sweetwater will remain in Stage I of the city's Drought Contingency Plan.

People collect water at a well in Garissa, Kenya, on August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Ken Oloo/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/Handout When the governments of eastern Africa created the Intergovernmental Authority on Development more than 25 years ago, they hoped it would forge the cooperation needed to roll back the ... (more)

Peach farmers around Fredericksburg and Stonewall, Texas have been hit by the drought, freezes and hail.

Northeast Ohio is going to need more people like David Slamic, a skilled machinist at Astro Manufacturing in Eastlake.

Elkhorn Valley View Middle School, in the foreground, and Elkhorn South High School are near Windgate Ranch, a subdivision being developed by Tom Falcone near 208th and Pacific Streets.

The drought that withered Athens and much of Georgia for the past couple of years has passed.

The bright green alfalfa fields appear like a surreal oasis tucked into the rolling hills of desert shrubbery that extend south as far as the eye can see.

Last year Rick Powdrell received $127 a head for his lambs. The current return has nose-dived to $85. The Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairman says inconsistent returns have created uncertainty in the industry and only time will tell if that scenario will be repeated next season as sheep numbers decline.

Eric Lovgren is breathing easy - or at least easier than he was this time last year.

Not sure what to do about those bugs chewing up your flowers? Concerned about selecting the right plants for your yard? Wondering what kind of grass is the most drought tolerant? Just pick up the phone and call the Hillsborough County Extension .

Nitrogen-based fertiliser is being placed on paddocks throughout the Bay but Federated Farmers warns some farmers may be over-estimating pasture recovery after the rain.

Paparoa farmers Ken and Janine Hames won three awards in this year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards; healthy cattle and above-average meat production are achieved by smart stocking.