Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 August 2006

Drought conditions could raise prices at the pumps
http://www.kaaltv.com/article/view/103315/

Drought conditions riddle lower county [Virginia]
http://www.delmarvanow.com/easternshore/stories/20060809/2317082.html

Drought Taking Toll On Texas Businesses
http://cbs11tv.com/local/local_story_226214613.html

Drought could bring South Georgia economic disaster
http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=5279866

Drought benefits irrigation study [Georgia]
http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=5279812&nav=menu37_3

Drought brings fall color early [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1155633461297660.xml&coll=2

Drought expected to cut Minnesota crop yields
http://www.kaaltv.com/article/view/103522/

Continuing Drought Hammers U.S. Cattle herds, Creates Nitrate Danger
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=60578

The drought has definitely hit us in the pocketbooks [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1155720123212580.xml&coll=2

Drought increasing fire danger [Texas]
http://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/local_story_228104705.html?keyword=topstory

Gas Prices, Drought Hitting Consumers [Texas]
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=5280578&nav=0s3de8sw

Drought causes change in management [Iowa]
http://www.hpj.com/archives/2006/aug06/aug21/Droughtcauseschangeinmanage.CFM

Dry Conditions Continue To Dominate Cattle and Beef Industry Dynamics
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=61023

Big Mac so low, Central considers shutting off irrigators next year [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/08/18/nebraska/doc44e4ecdc51679806641714.txt

Drought plan, rain bolster reservoir [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/115597900568080.xml&coll=2

Hamakuapoko ban could cut off farmers during a drought [Hawaii]
http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=22538

Drought maintains grip on the state [North Dakota]
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2006/08/20/news/topnews/119456.txt

Whether It’s the Drought, Overdevelopment or a Lack of Conservation, One Thing is Clear: the Wells Are Running Dry [Texas]
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/624994/whether_its_the_drought_overdevelopment_or_a_lack_of_conservation/index.html?source=r_science

Dry, Hot Weather Forces Some US Producers To Sell Cattle
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Content.asp?ContentID=61953

Drought Destroying Many South Central Texas Lawns and Gardens
http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/DRGHT/Aug2306a.htm

Drought price tag put at $342 million [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/08/22/local/doc44eb93db428b0609372620.txt

Heat, Drought Hurting N. Texas Beekeepers
http://cbs11tv.com/local/local_story_235181947.html

Firefighters gain upper hand with panhandle fires [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/08/23/nebraska/doc44ecec4b62dfd638917572.txt

Drought hurting foundations [Texas]
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-foundations_24bus.ART.State.Edition1.31ac6af.html

Time to Watch Our Water: Drought Forces City to Call for Voluntary Conservation [Texas]
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/631954/time_to_watch_our_water_drought_forces_city_to_call/index.html?source=r_science

Drought Shuts Down Part of Lake Arlington [Texas]
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/9737791/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=news

Extended Drought Has TPWD Official Predicting ‘Average’ Dove Season [Texas]
http://www.tylerpaper.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17115258&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=388707&rfi=6

Drought still affects area farms and gardens [Georgia]
http://www.news-daily.com/local/local_story_237215253.html?keyword=secondarystory

Drought parches Texas waterways
http://www.theeagle.com/stories/082706/texas_20060827028.php

Poor hay, drought put more cattle up for sale [Oklahoma/Texas/Alabama/Mississippi/ Missouri/Arkansas]
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/15376881.htm

U.S. Alligator Meat, Skin Prices Rise After Hurricanes, Drought
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060825-alligator-katrina.html?source=rss

Drought, heat hurt Mississippi agriculture
http://deltafarmpress.com/news/060828-drought-agricultural/

Drought impacts Mississippi pond water, oxygen levels
http://deltafarmpress.com/news/060829-pond-drought/

Drought causes Lanier cuts [Georgia]
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=106451

Nearly $800M Going to Drought Aid
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/08/29/national/w131030D27.DTL&type=politics

Dying Off: Drought Taking Its Toll on Trees Across Middle Georgia
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/638032/dying_off_drought_taking_its_toll_on_trees_across_middle/index.html?source=r_science

Animal group cites drought in challenge to deer-feeding ban [Texas]
http://www.kristv.com/global/story.asp?s=5343341

Drought likely to reduce Wyoming game herds
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4955038,00.html

Drought challenges Clarke farmers [Virginia]
http://www.zwire.com/site/tab3.cfm?newsid=17131128&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506078&rfi=6

Water Works lifts drought restrictions [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1157015981306850.xml&coll=2

Auburn mower maker continues reduced production [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/08/31/local/doc44f7411b679da965382309.txt