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Gilway: Post-session Citizens is best ever
Hurricane season doesn't officially start until next month, but Citizens Property Insurance Corp. already has weathered a series of political and public-relations storms. Still shy of his first anniversary at the helm of Citizens Property Insurance Corp....Tags: Insurance, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Government, Executive Branch, Hurricanes
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Tornadoes touch down in central Kansas
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsAt least four tornadoes have touched down in a tornado outbreak Saturday night, destroying one house in Pawnee County. The first tornado warning was issued in Trego County around 5:30 p.m. after radar indicated a strong rotation. Storm spotters in the...Tags: Tornadoes, Weather, Weather Reports
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David Hart: Chance to right-size Cat Fund fails
For far too long, Florida has been only one costly storm away from financial catastrophe, with homeowners, businesses, charities, churches and automobile policyholders paying heavy "hurricane tax" assessments from past hurricanes. We also face the risk...Tags: Insurance, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida Legislature, Finance, Hurricanes
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Storm Team 12: Severe storms today, more Sunday
Severe weather threat increases this weekend for Kansas and the central Plains. Most of Kansas will wake up to low clouds and even some fog. As the day progresses expect mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with thunderstorms rapidly developing by...
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Earthquake: 4.4 quake strikes near Rio Dell
A shallow magnitude 4.4 earthquake was reported Saturday morning 17 miles from Rio Dell, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:46 a.m. PDT at a depth of 11.8 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 21 miles from...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey
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Minnesota farm incomes surged in 2012
Minnesota's crop farmers posted their best year in decades in 2012, dodging a nationwide drought with a near-perfect combination: a big harvest and high grain prices. Median incomes surged 50 percent from the previous year, according to an annual report...Tags: Chemical Industry, Personal Income, Fertilizer, Droughts, Colleges and Universities
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S.D. Drought Tool indicates limited improvement
The South Dakota NRCS is employing its grazing land drought tool to monitor developing rangeland drought conditions across the state. The tool evaluates precipitation data over a 24-month period to compare expected peak grassland productivity to what is...Tags: Environmental Issues, Productivity, Droughts
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NRCS: April surge in snow has small impact on drought
WASHINGTON - May measurements confirm April forecasts: NRCS hydrologists predict reduced spring and summer water supply for much of the West. April saw a surge in snow in many places but didn't make up the shortfall during previous months. “For much...Tags: Water Supply, Droughts
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Nebraska lawmakers advance climate change study
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval Tuesday to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted 35-0 to advance the proposal by Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm after a handful of lawmakers denounced...Tags: Government, Conservation, Agricultural Research and Technology, Ecosystems, Science and Technology
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Next drought management webinar May 29
BROOKINGS - The final Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch Webinar will be held May 29 at 9 a.m. MST or 10 a.m. CST at SDSU Extension Regional Centers. May 29 webinar is the last in a 5-part webinar series developed as a proactive move to help producers...Tags: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Droughts, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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CRP faces challenges as next signup period looms
FARGO, N.D. - Last fall, for the fourth straight year, Thief River Falls, Minn., farmer Ken Asp chose not to re-enroll some of his farmland in the Conservation Reservation Program. Enrolling the land into CRP made economic sense when he did it, in...Tags: Environmental Issues, Collective Contract, Arable Farming, Wage Contract Issues, Career and Workplace
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How to handle wet soils now for greater yield potential later
Drought has been the main topic of choice this off-season. However, with the record snow and rainfall accumulation, drought is no longer the coffee shop talk - it's planting in wet soils. Veteran agronomist and plant specialist Jerry Stoller, MS, is one...Tags: Droughts
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