Mississippi Business Journal » Wyoming http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Global warming? Half of all U.S. counties now considered disaster areas because of drought http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/02/global-warming-half-of-drought-stricken-u-s-counties-now-considered-disaster-areas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-warming-half-of-drought-stricken-u-s-counties-now-considered-disaster-areas http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/02/global-warming-half-of-drought-stricken-u-s-counties-now-considered-disaster-areas/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:44:41 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=60559 ST. LOUIS  — Nearly 220 counties in a dozen drought-stricken states were added Wednesday to the U.S. government’s list of natural disaster areas as the nation’s agriculture chief unveiled new help for frustrated, cash-strapped farmers and ranchers grappling with extreme dryness and heat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s addition of the 218 counties means that [...]

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