Drought News

The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years.

John Anderson and his wife, Pat, dropped by to answer some questions about the water well.

I admit I'm totally baffled by Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's need for speed in getting the 350-billion-baht water management master plan off the ground.

Approximately 300 residents of Sligoville and surrounding communities in St Catherine now have water flowing into their homes, after living without piped water for up to six years.

The drought is slowly disappearing from the state. The latest USDA weekly report shows about 65-percent of Iowa is now drought free.

AUSTRALIA'S largest beef cattle producer has blamed the suspension of live exports and lower rainfall for a $46.5 million loss.

Despite good growing conditions, the effects of the summer drought are likely to remain for some time yet and farmers still have a lot of ongoing costs to keep their animals in good shape without any income Te Awamutu Golf Course was on the verge of being declared a drought in February, now it is green again.

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Drought is now affecting less than a quarter of Minnesota, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Total U.S. farmland under drought edged lower over the week ending May 21, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor's Thursday update.

Denver Water has some good news for customers hoping to keep their lawns green: The Denver Water Board of Commissioners voted at their meeting Wednesday to delay drought pricing by one month as a result of heavy rain and snowfall during the April and May months.

Boater Roger Weil liked the buzz at last Sunday's grand opening of the Crosswater Yacht Club on Lake Travis.

Federal grants totaling just over $426,000 were awarded to a pair of Riverside County water agencies that will use the funds to offset the costs of conservation projects now underway, it was announced today.

Global crop protection companies BASF SE and Monsanto Co. plan to commercially launch a drought-tolerant variety of genetically modified corn in the U.S. next year, a senior BASF official said Thursday.

With about half of the country still suffering from extreme drought, farmers and businesses in the Western United States are looking at another hot, dry summer.

An Illinois farmer shows an ear of heat-stricken corn last summer, when drought drove corn prices to a six-year high.

Today's column expands upon a question from an A-J reader about a choice of trees for our area.

FORTUNE Commodities are falling fast on worries that China's economy is slowing and that the economic recovery in parts of Europe and elsewhere has stalled.

Soil scientists talk about bentonite, illite, montmorillinite, chlorite, kaolinite and vermiculite.

The Tarrant Regional Water District has notified its wholesale customers - including the cities of Bridgeport and Decatur - that it will implement Stage 1 of its Drought Contingency Plan June 3.The district's overall system capacity is currently at 75 percent, as drought conditions persist in spite of recent scattered rains in North Texas.