Tag Archives: drought

• News

  Natural causes, not human activity, behind last summer’s drought

  (CNN) — Extreme natural events, not man-made climate change, led to last summer’s historic drought in the Great Plains, a…
• News

  Wet winter is not easing some drought worries

  VERNON (WITI) — Dan Craig is like most farmers in southeast Wisconsin, he’s praying for a true Wisconsin winter. Craig…
• News

  2012 is 10th warmest for world since 1880

  (CNN) — The year 2012 was declared the globe’s 10th warmest since record keeping began in 1880 and the warmest…
• Weather Blog

  Top 5 weather facts in 2012

  Weather in southeast Wisconsin in 2012 will be remembered for not making noise. After all, the blaring sounds of snowplows…
• News

  Snow and rainfall has not helped state get out of drought status

  MILWAUKEE — Snow that fell in the Milwaukee area on December 19th and 20th has improved drought conditions that began…
• News

  Extended drought means price of meat will likely rise next year

  WASHINGTON — Farmers — hit hard by this summer’s extended drought and rising feed prices sent a higher-than-usual number of…
• News

  Pumpkin crop abundant at Basse’s Farm in Colgate

  COLGATE — Many farmers in southeastern Wisconsin were miserable during the hot, dry summer, and experts worried the summer drought…
• News

  Some pumpkin farms say harvest is light due to summer drought

  WEST BEND — Halloween is a little over a month away, and with cooler temperatures slowly entering southeastern Wisconsin —…
• News

  Weather leads to serious shortage of Honeycrisp apples at one orchard

  NEW BERLIN — Fall is here, and the cooler temperatures draw apple-lovers to the orchard. This year, due to mild…
• News

  Drought conditions improving in Wisconsin

  MILWAUKEE — The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday, August 23rd shows progress is being made in Wisconsin as it relates…
• News

  Drought conditions intensify in key farming states

  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The latest update on the nation’s drought shows that the parched conditions continue worsening in key…
• News

  Apple farmers feeling the fallout from extreme drought

  NEW BERLIN — Apple farmers in southeast Wisconsin are beginning to feel the fallout from this season’s extreme drought. New…