Hawaii Town Blocked by Landslide Launches Makeshift Ferry March 15, 2021 By Audrey McAvoy HONOLULU (AP) — Volunteers on Kauai’s north shore have launched a makeshift ferry service across a river after a landslide...
Wildfires Taint West Coast Vineyards With Taste of Smoke September 25, 2020 By Andrew Selsky TURNER, Ore. — Smoke from the West Coast wildfires has tainted grapes in some of the nation’s most celebrated wine...
Farmers Can Sign Up for Crop Aid Starting Nov. 14 November 2, 2011 The U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers hit hard by bad weather in 2010 can begin applying for supplemental revenue...
Floods May Damage Quarter of Thai Rice Crop, Exports Hit October 28, 2011 By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat Thailand may lose a quarter of its main rice crop in the nation’s worst flooding in decades, the government estimates,...
Nebraska Fire Chief Predicts Millions in Crop Losses October 7, 2011 By GRANT SCHULTE Weary Nebraska firefighters battled wind-swept grass fires Wednesday that devoured more than 20,000 acres of farmland and caused millions of...
Kansas Storm, Crop Damage Estimates Over $1B Mark September 29, 2011 Storm and crop damage estimates in Kansas for 2011 have hit a record $ 1 billion, according to Kansas Department...
Irene Leaves Hard Times for East Coast Farmers September 1, 2011 By RUSS BYNUM and TOM BREEN Far from the beach towns that took Hurricane Irene’s first hit, the storm inflicted some of its worst damage on...