Drought, Flooding Cause Hard Times for Farmers in Arkansas, Louisiana October 20, 2011 In a year when severe drought scorched the Southwest, a hurricane drowned crops in the East, and river flooding swamped...
Heavy Rain Not Enough to Break Oklahoma Drought October 12, 2011 By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS The heavy rain that fell this weekend on parts of western and central Oklahoma offered some hope for farmers and...
Indonesian Farmers Flee as World’s Deadliest Volcano Rumbles September 21, 2011 By NASRULLAH ROA Bold farmers in Indonesia routinely ignore orders to evacuate the slopes of live volcanoes, but those living on Tambora took...
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...
USDA Declares Disaster for 74 Oklahoma Counties July 29, 2011 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a disaster declaration for 74 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Gov. Mary Fallin said...
Arkansas Farm Bureau Pegs Growers Flood Impact at $500M May 11, 2011 The Arkansas Farm Bureau says more than 1 million acres of farmland in the state have been swamped by flooding...