USDA Offers Farmers Relief From Freeze, Drought
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By Susan Salisbury, The Palm Beach Post, Fla.  Jun. 2--Two weather-related disasters have made agricultural producers in  25 Florida counties eligible for low-interest loans, the U.S. Department of  Agriculture's Farm Service Agency said Friday.
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The government promised nearly $800 million in aid Tuesday to ranchers and farmers stricken by a near-record drought.
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By Mark Grossi, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 14--Dairy farmer Eric Westra told state regulators Wednesday he has good reasons for complying with potentially expensive new water rules.
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By Jenifer K. Nii Deseret Morning News  Mother Nature had Utah farmers a bit anxious again in January, a month of unseasonably cold temperatures combined with "dismal" snowpacks.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Drought Affects Half Million Hectares of Cropland in East China" - Xinhua headline]  Jinan, Feb.
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Crop farmers are calling for the early release of EU subsidies to help them overcome damage to their harvests.
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By ROXANA HEGEMAN WICHITA, Kan. - The response by emergency workers following a tornado that ripped through Greensburg recently shared at least one thing with the reaction to a massive ice storm in January that downed power lines for days in the same region.
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By Lewis Griswold, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jan. 31--The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened three disaster assistance offices in Tulare County. Nonfarm businesses hurt by the freeze of 2007 can apply for low-interest loans.
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KOUTS, Ind.  -- The quiet country life can turn into a pressure cooker of stress at harvest time as farmers push themselves to their limits, agricultural experts say...
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Farmers rushed to protect citrus and other crops Tuesday as Florida braced for plunging temperatures, with the governor even lifting certain agricultural regulations as a precaution.
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JOHNSTON, Iowa - Outside the headquarters of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, the pavement is iced over and workers arriving for the day are bundled up against the cold.
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MINNEAPOLIS - From snowmobiling on alfalfa to strapping on cross-country skis with wheels, Minnesotans are finding ways of coping with a frustrating lack of snow.
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By JOHN DOBBERSTEIN World Staff Writer  Drought assistance in the federal package for livestock producers will be distributed by Oklahoma agriculture officials.   Oklahoma will get about $6 million from the U.S.
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Feb. 22--Speakers at the Colorado Agricultural Outlook Forum Wednesday in Denver offered varying ideas for farmers to make their operations more environmentally friendly.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 18--Lingering drought conditions could lead to more water restrictions for western growers already worried about losing crops.
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By Susan Salisbury, The Palm Beach Post, Fla.  Jan. 30--Glades-area farmers were scrambling Monday to line up protection  for their sweet corn and green bean crops as the coldest weather of the season  rolled into the region.
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Poor farmersâ simple methods have helped lead to millions of newly tree-covered acres in a dust-choked region.