Displaying items 13-24 of 757
» View wsbt.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-64
•
Next >
-
Elkhart County farmer replaces costly corn feed with ice cream sprinkles
ReutersKANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Mike Yoder's herd of dairy cattle are living the sweet life. With corn feed scarcer and costlier than ever, Yoder increasingly is looking for cheaper alternatives -- and this summer he found a good deal on ice cream...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foods and Beverages, Natural Disasters, Agriculture
-
Crop insurance losses begin to mount amid drought
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of farmers are filing insurance claims this year after drought and triple-digit temperatures burned up crops across the nation's Corn Belt, and some experts are predicting record insurance losses — exacerbated by...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Genetic Engineering, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, Insurance
-
Drought fueling deer disease in Indiana, Midwest
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says drought is fueling an outbreak of a fatal deer disease in southern and central Illinois and surrounding states. The DNR said Thursday that it knows of more than 700 deer...Tags: Natural Disasters
-
Drought could produce good wine in Midwest
HERMANN, Mo. (AP) — Most of the grapes in Glenn Warnebold's vineyard in Missouri's picturesque wine country are about two-thirds of their usual size. Others have been reduced to raisins by the drought that burned up many crops across the Midwest...
Tags: Beverage Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Mark Johnson, Weather Reports, Weather
-
Indiana police cite drought for marijuana finds
SELLERSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Outdoor marijuana growing operations in southern Indiana have become easier to spot from the air because of the drought, state police said. An airplane pilot guided troopers on the ground through heavily wooded areas and...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Natural Disasters, Mike Bennett
-
All 92 Indiana counties now farming disaster areas
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The federal government has now declared all 92 Indiana counties as agricultural disaster areas following the state's worst drought in decades. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added 12 Indiana counties as primary natural...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Disasters
-
Report shows less of Indiana in extreme drought
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Recent rains have helped relieve drought conditions across parts of Indiana, although an updated federal report still lists nearly half the state in at least extreme drought. The new U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday...
Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Natural Disasters
-
Survivor of 1936 drought recalls conditions
WAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — Tom Franks was 15 years old in 1936, the year that Indiana and much of the country suffered through a severe drought that spawned the Dust Bowl era in many parts of America. Now, at the age of 91, Franks still can recall the...
Tags: Prostate Cancer, Weather Reports, Potatoes, Weather, Natural Disasters
-
US drought grows to cover widest area since 1956
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The drought gripping the United States is the widest since 1956, according to new data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Fifty-five percent of the continental U.S. was in a moderate to...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Natural Disasters, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
-
How low can the St. Joseph River go?
South Bend TribuneFOUND: Rusty bicycle frame, thoroughly encrusted with sediment, stones and half of a clamshell because it's been bathing in the St. Joseph River -- until now. Draped with dried river plants. Like artwork. Now exposed to the air for the first time in God-...Tags: Hydroelectricity, Rivers, U.S. Geological Survey, Tropical Storms, Environmental Issues
-
Heat, drought plague area farmers
WSBT-TV ReporterThe lack of rain is destroying some area corn and soybean fields and has prompted the USDA to declare part of northern Indiana a disaster area. The family that owns Leininger Farms has already mowed down parts of their corn fields that were simply...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Disasters
-
Amid bumper crop, families could get PB&J break
ATLANTA (AP) — Choosy moms and dads may be packing more PB&J in lunches this winter, when the cost of a jar of Jif or Skippy is expected to fall even as other grocery prices rise. Peanut butter prices soared last year after a drought and high...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Charity, Natural Disasters, Butter
Sep 23, 2012
|Story| Reuters
Sep 13, 2012
|Story| AP Indiana
Sep 6, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Aug 23, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Aug 22, 2012
|Story| AM News
Aug 16, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Aug 16, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Jul 16, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Jul 16, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Jul 16, 2012
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Jul 17, 2012
|Story| WSBT-TV
Oct 26, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Original site for Droughts topic gallery.