Mitigating Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Mitigation

 September 2006

Irving secures most valuable asset in battle against drought [Texas]
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/irving/stories/DN-irvwater_01wes.ART0.West.Edition1.3eae5ef.html

Top 10 drought management tips for ranchers
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1157127458137.xml&catref=ag1001

Drought aid a bi-partisan issue in South Dakota
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=6AA83A44-C9CD-1D4E-938427836A28F3AF

Water haulers providing mobile drought relief [Texas]
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA090206.01B.waterhaulers.2ec0c7d.html

216 Texas Counties Qualify For Livestock Assistance Because Of Ongoing Drought
http://www.kristv.com/global/story.asp?s=5357694

Drought may force tougher crackdown [Texas]
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/090606dnmetStage3plus.332a51a.html

Senators Ask for $6 Billion in Farm Aid
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=2300&u_sid=100186114

Ag chief set to push for drought aid [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/business/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/business/1157534366221670.xml&coll=1

Large sections of Iowa a 2006 drought disaster
http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2006/09/07/news/regional/fc3738f453b719ae862571e2004463cb.txt

Cottonwood considers drought plan [Arizona]
http://verdeindependent.1upsoftware.com/main.asp?SectionID=19&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=20228&TM=25545.17

Replacement Period Extended for Farmers Selling Livestock Because of Drought
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/17585/

Federal drought aid available to farmers [Virginia]
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190553869&path=!news&s=1045855934842

Drought conditions force tough decisions for livestock producers
http://www.tristateneighbor.com/articles/2006/09/11/tri_state_news/livestock_news/live02.txt

Adjust combine settings to salvage most from droughty fields
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1157992280356.xml&catref=ag1001

Drought-stressed corn adds to silo gas danger
http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/1157999403126.xml&catref=ag1001

Billions for drought a tough sell [North Dakota]
http://www.montanaforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5939

Cattlemen’s Capitol Concerns: Drought Efforts, Tax Relief, WTO Talks
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=68787

Critical stage drought declared [Texas]
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=170772&SecID=2

USDA miscalculates cattle numbers in drought aid
http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2006/09/17/news/updates/update03.txt

IRS announces tax relief for drought
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2006/09/18/news/agnews/news01.txt

Pickrell farmers share bumper hay crop [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/09/16/nebraska/doc450c666764a78850149276.txt

Federal aid available for drought-stricken cattle farmers [Alabama]
http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=5421641&nav=8fap

Nelson Says Center Could Reduce Drought Costs
http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/09/18/450ef7a11aa43

Johanns extends drought emergency grazing [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/09/16/nebraska/doc450c8bdef0c2e777974724.txt

Drought relief likely to be hot issue in October
http://southwestfarmpress.com/news/091906-drought-relief/

Experts push for drought policies [Colorado]
http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?id=9927

Drought conference focuses on preparation
http://www.longmontfyi.com/Local-Story.asp?id=9972

SBA offers loans to agriculture-dependent businesses hurt by drought
http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2006/09/18/daily22.html?jst=cn_cn_lk

Drought proves no sweat for Durant water supply [Oklahoma]
http://www.durantdemocrat.com/articles/2006/09/23/news/news1.txt

NDA Announces Start of Sign-up for Livestock Drought Assistance [Nebraska]
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=70998

Western States Must Fight Forest Fires, Drought with Long-term Policy
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/17951/

Johanns bashes $6.5 billion drought aid bill
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=F12D3395-0073-380D-2B97EA18FC472FD8

White House, Congress at stalemate over drought aid to farmers
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/09/27/business/doc451aea865c59e690018845.txt

Scottsbluff monument officials target water-guzzling trees [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/09/28/nebraska/doc451c1145b110b049425655.txt

House passes drought mitigation bill
http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_37148.shtml

All of Nebraska now eligible for drought aid
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/09/28/nebraska/doc451c4aaa4fde7287328349.txt