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Tag: floods
Ag Disaster Aid Added to Funding Bill – DTN Oct 1, 2021
Farmers and ranchers whose operations were struck by natural disasters in 2020 or 2021 will receive new aid relief as part of a $10 billion provision added to the government […]
Farm Taxes: Mitigating Potential Weather Related Consequences – DTN Sep 3, 2021
What a wild ride. No, not COVID or politics. I’m talking about the weather — from drought and fires to floods. Because of the weather’s significant impact on farmers this […]
Georgia: 7 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Floods, Freeze Jul 30, 2021
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. […]
Tennessee: Hickman County Designated Natural Disaster Area to Floods Jul 19, 2021
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. […]
Mississippi River Mismanagement Case Court Hearing Set – DTN Jul 10, 2021
A court will hear arguments in an ongoing lawsuit filed by environmental groups alleging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mismanaged a 195-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from St. […]
Rural Infrastructure – Looking to Protect Against Floods, Drought – DTN Jul 3, 2021
In May 2019 when torrential rains hit Stillwater, much of downtown was protected from catastrophic flooding by a dry dam and spillway structure that few people would notice driving past […]
Southeast Arkansas: Floods, Storms Cause Over $200Mln in Crop Damage Jun 25, 2021
Farmers in five counties in southeastern Arkansas suffered more than $200 million in direct losses to major crops after the major flooding and storm event in early June, according to […]
Arkansas: Post-Flood Crop Management Meeting Dumas, June 21 Jun 18, 2021
Farmers who suffered flooding and other damage from heavy rain and winds last week will be able to get their post-flood production questions answered by University of Arkansas System Division […]
Arkansas: Governor Declares State of Emergency as Rain, Flooding Continue Jun 11, 2021
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson declared a state of emergency on Thursday in response to the record rainfall and flooding in the southeastern area of the state. The declaration allows the […]
Arkansas: Double-Digit Rainfall in Some Areas; Flooding at Critical Time for Wheat Jun 11, 2021
By Tuesday morning, the soils Desha County had seen an almost complete reversal of fortune. “A week ago, we were needing the rain,” John Farabough, Desha county agricultural extension agent, […]
