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A funny thing happened in the Red River Valley this week: water fell from the sky. The precipitation came at a make-or-break time for many farmers and may give the region something to harvest this fall, when commodity prices will be high across the drought-stricken Midwest.
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Million dollar rain for farmers | WDAY | Fargo, ND
Crops get much needed rain Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) — You could hear the shouts of joy and relief throughout the hills of lakes country and t…0
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The rain is fickle, though, and while 2 to 5 inches fell on much of the Valley, there are other farms that got none. Our friends at WDAY visited some of them, as well.
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Million dollar dissapointment for some farmers dealing with drought | WDAY | Fargo, ND
Trail Co. (WDAY TV) — What some farmers call a million dollar rain, was a million dollar disappointment for others. One small strip of c…0
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Farther east, in Cheeseland, there’s not even a mixed bag. Southern Wisconsin is parched and now the USDA has declared nearly two dozen counties an agricultural disaster area.
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23 Wis. counties named disaster areas
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials have declared 23 counties in southern Wisconsin as natural disaster areas, making farms in those …0
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Wisconsin’s got plenty of company, as drought now covers 60 percent of the lower 48. You’ll feel the effect of that, even if you’re not a farmer.
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USDA Says Drought Will Push Up Food Prices In 2013
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The drought gripping more than half the country is a major reason why consumers can expect to pay 3 percent to 4 perce…0
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We may not be able to do much about the weather, but farmers could do more to guard against the inevitable arrival of dry summers. The director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment says it starts with diversifying the crops they plant.
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Farming Changes Can Limit Risks of Extreme Drought – Room for Debate
Droughts happen. They have happened in the past, and they will happen in the future. Whether the odds of extreme droughts are changing is…0
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Of course, the decisions farmers make about planting are often influenced by the agricultural policies charted in Washington D.C. And right now the U.S. House is conspicuously quiet. The chamber has not scheduled a vote on a new farm bill. Minnesota Congressman Collin is still optimistic a bill will emerge. But MPR reports House leaders may put off hard decisions by extending the old bill for another year and authorizing emergency drought aid separately.
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Farm bill progress stalls
by Brett Neely, Minnesota Public Radio LISTEN WASHINGTON – It’s been a bad summer for many farmers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture We…0
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Timely rain will likely save some Minnesota crops












































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