Areas of extreme drought decreasing in Iowa and Illinois
Recent rainfall is slowly helping to reduce the amount of land experiencing extreme drought in Iowa and Illinois.
Tag Archives: drought 2012
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Agriculture / News
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Agriculture / News / Weather
Melons Love Our Hot Dry Weather
As the hot dry weather causes more and more of our corn and soybeans to wither and wilt, the Midwest…
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Agriculture / Politics
Loebsack renews call for Farm Bill after viewing drought damage
It’s a long, hard walk for Rep. Dave Loebsack, (D) Iowa, and Muscatine County farmer Doug Nolte. “That is just…
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Agriculture / News
Henry County corn chopping evidence of national drought disaster
It’s a dramatic and devastating impact from the drought. Extreme weather is forcing some local farmers to give up on…
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Agriculture / News
Drought worsens as disaster declarations increase
New information released on Thursday suggests that the 2012 drought continues to expand. And it’s likely to worsen before it…
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Agriculture
Hundreds more counties get disaster declarations from drought
More Iowa and Illinois counties were declared disaster zones by the USDA because of the drought.
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News / Sports
Heat fires up ASA Fast Pitch Championship in Moline
Hot weather and softball seem to go together. That’s the case at the ASA Girls’ 12-and-under Fast Pitch National Championship…
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News
QCA Water Usage on the Rise
As our drought continues and hot weather refuses to leave water usage around our area is, just as you’d suspect,…
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Agriculture / News
Drought Forces Livestock On To Conservation Lands
As drought conditions continue their spread throughout the state, livestock farmers are starting to feel a real pinch.Entire pastures are…
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Agriculture / Weather
Drought intensifies in Iowa and Illinois
Areas of extreme drought dramatically increased in just one week in Iowa and Illinois. The updated U.S. Drought Monitor released…
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News
Carbon Cliff Conserves Water
CARBON CLIFF – Residents are responding to a water conservation notice because of a water well that’s gotten below ‘normal’…
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News
Celebration Belle stuck, passengers unloaded
The Celebration Belle riverboat got stuck in mud off Campbell’s Island in Moline, Illinois Wednesday night with its passengers stuck…
