Storm-and-Twister Threat Moves Into Arkansas-Missouri Farm Belt May 21, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The heavy rain, high winds and hail that swept across the southern Great Plains is now headed to Arkansas and...
More Storms in U.S. Midwest Where Planting Is Already Behind May 16, 2019 Any hopes of getting corn and soybean planting back on track in the U.S. may be washed away starting Friday...
Wave of New Tech Firms Targeting Farms as Weather Wars Mount April 15, 2019 By Lydia Mulvany and Brian K. Sullivan When surprise hailstorms hit the 6,000 acres Trevor Scherman plants each year with peas, wheat, canola and lentils, his first...
More than 1 Million Acres of U.S. Cropland Ravaged by Floods April 1, 2019 By P.J. Huffstutter, Humeyra Pamuk 6 MIN READ CHICAGO/COLUMBUS, Neb. — At least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone” storm left wide...
Forecasters Issue Fire, Crop Damage Warnings Across U.S. High Plains March 19, 2018 By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN The amount of moisture received across the United States’ southern high plains since October has been ridiculously low, and forecasters...
Wineries Work to Make up Losses After California Wildfires November 15, 2017 By ERIC RISBERG A month after deadly wildfires swept through California’s famed wine country, hot-air balloons are floating again over Napa Valley vineyards...
Mississippi County Looks to Offset 2011 Flooding Costs October 17, 2014 Adams County officials will ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency to look again at providing money to fix a box...
Surveys Aim to Find Out Extent of Feral Hog Damage in Louisiana August 25, 2014 By Janet McConnaughey Feral hogs are rooting up levees and snarfing down crops all around Louisiana, but nobody’s sure just how much damage...
Minnesota County Designated Primary Disaster Zone July 21, 2014 Farmers in four southwestern Minnesota counties are eligible for federal help with crop damage caused by recent heavy rain and...
Big Hail Shatters Windows, Flattens Nebraska Crops July 14, 2014 Calls have gone out to glass and siding companies and insurance agents after a barrage of hail left a trail...