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Make Sure Your Home, Farm Are Ready For Winter Weather
Make Sure Your Home, Farm Are Ready For Winter Weather
Make Sure Your Home, Farm Are Ready For Winter Weather
With winter weather here across much of the Pacific Northwest, now is a good time to prevent storm damage by trimming branches hanging over your roof, fence, driveway, barn or sheds.  Jason Horton, with the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, said it’s also time to make sure you have appropriate insurance coverage.   “If yo...
Drought Numbers Show Considerable Improvement In November
Drought Numbers Show Considerable Improvement In November
Drought Numbers Show Considerable Improvement In November
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says there was considerable improvement in the U.S. drought monitor during the month of November.  He noted between November 1st and the end of the month, drought coverage dropped 5.3 percentage points to 57% of the country being categorized as dry our drought.   “...
Food System Investment Needed to Equip Farmers for Climate Change
Food System Investment Needed to Equip Farmers for Climate Change
Food System Investment Needed to Equip Farmers for Climate Change
A new report from the Farm Journal Foundation finds that increased U.S. investments in agricultural development and innovation are needed to make global food systems more resilient.  While climate change impacts agriculture worldwide, its effects are "substantially more severe" in warm regions, including Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.  The rep...
Drought Continues To Spread Nationwide
Drought Continues To Spread Nationwide
Drought Continues To Spread Nationwide
Ask Brad Rippey, and he’ll tell you that it’s abnormally dry for this time of year.  According to the USDA meteorologist, the November 1st U.S. drought monitor, which shows drought coverage across the lower 48 states.   “Is 62.8%, a ten-percentage point incre...
Wheat Producing Areas Continue To Battle Drought
Wheat Producing Areas Continue To Battle Drought
Wheat Producing Areas Continue To Battle Drought
"Presently, we do have drought in all three of the nation's major where we production areas.  The white winter wheat in the Northwest the hard red winter wheat across the Great Plains and the soft red winter wheat it's grown from the mid-South into the lower Midwest.” ...
Research: As Rainfall Declines, Food Insecurity Increases
Research: As Rainfall Declines, Food Insecurity Increases
Research: As Rainfall Declines, Food Insecurity Increases
Research by Penn State University published in ScienceDaily shows food insecurity increases when rainfall is below normal.  The researchers focused on food insecurity in Tanzania, and found moving from a year with typical rainfall to a particularly dry year was associated with a 13-percentage-point increase in the risk of being food insecure.  Tanzani...
Prescribed Burns Planned For Washington's Stevens County
Prescribed Burns Planned For Washington's Stevens County
Prescribed Burns Planned For Washington's Stevens County
With the wet and cooler weather, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources is planning a prescribed burn for 240 acres of state land located about seven miles north of Deer Park.  DNR hopes to start that burn Monday.   The prescribed fires will help control the amount of fuel available for wildfires, improve the health of older trees and support new and current wildlife habitats.  A rec

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