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Natural Perspectives: Birding in the Eastern Sierra
Vic and I just returned from a scouting trip to the Eastern Sierra. Vic will soon lead a spring birding trip there for Sea and Sage Audubon, along with co-leader Linda Oberholzer. We like to visit ahead of time to reacquaint ourselves with the area....Tags: Weather Reports, Landforms, Water Supply, Trips and Vacations, Global Warming
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City evaluating public's conservation recommendations
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe City of Wichita has released a drought response based on six public meetings focused on conservation efforts. The city asked for the public's input during city council district meetings. While the recent rains have helped the three-year drought,...Tags: Water Supply, Natural Disasters
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Little short-term drought relief in S.D.
Drought conditions across South Dakota are almost unchanged from the previous week, a drought report released on May 9 says. Areas of severe to extreme drought have declined in South Dakota since the previous week, but only slightly, according to the U....Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Natural Disasters
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Minnesota farm incomes surged in 2012
Minnesota's crop farmers posted their best year in decades in 2012, dodging a nationwide drought with a near-perfect combination: a big harvest and high grain prices. Median incomes surged 50 percent from the previous year, according to an annual report...Tags: Fertilizer, Colleges and Universities, Natural Disasters, Personal Income, Chemical Industry
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S.D. Drought Tool indicates limited improvement
The South Dakota NRCS is employing its grazing land drought tool to monitor developing rangeland drought conditions across the state. The tool evaluates precipitation data over a 24-month period to compare expected peak grassland productivity to what is...Tags: Natural Disasters, Productivity, Environmental Issues
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NRCS: April surge in snow has small impact on drought
WASHINGTON - May measurements confirm April forecasts: NRCS hydrologists predict reduced spring and summer water supply for much of the West. April saw a surge in snow in many places but didn't make up the shortfall during previous months. For much...Tags: Natural Disasters, Water Supply
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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Politics, Conservation, Natural Disasters, Government, Global Warming
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Next drought management webinar May 29
BROOKINGS - The final Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch Webinar will be held May 29 at 9 a.m. MST or 10 a.m. CST at SDSU Extension Regional Centers. May 29 webinar is the last in a 5-part webinar series developed as a proactive move to help producers...Tags: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Natural Disasters, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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CRP faces challenges as next signup period looms
FARGO, N.D. - Last fall, for the fourth straight year, Thief River Falls, Minn., farmer Ken Asp chose not to re-enroll some of his farmland in the Conservation Reservation Program. Enrolling the land into CRP made economic sense when he did it, in...Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Collective Contract, Wage Contract Issues, Arable Farming
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How to handle wet soils now for greater yield potential later
Drought has been the main topic of choice this off-season. However, with the record snow and rainfall accumulation, drought is no longer the coffee shop talk - it's planting in wet soils. Veteran agronomist and plant specialist Jerry Stoller, MS, is one...Tags: Natural Disasters
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Rain causes worst drought area to retreat westward
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A wet spring continues to soak the soil across much of the Midwest, causing the prolonged drought to slowly retreat westward, the weekly drought report released on May 9 said. Sections of central Iowa, southeast Minnesota and...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Natural Disasters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Issues
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S.D. farm income from crop sales increases in 2012
In 2012 all operating income from the crop enterprises accounted for 50.4% of the total farm income. This is further broken down into crop sales of 35%, crop insurance claims of 13.3%, and government payments of 2.1%. This is an increase of 9.3% over...Tags: Science and Technology, Insurance, Natural Disasters, Arable Farming
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