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Ethanol plants rebound after tough year
The ethanol industry, which was reeling from a drought-induced downturn last year, is making a comeback. "Last year was such a beatdown in the industry," said Thomas Hitchcock, Redfield Energy CEO. "This year is a much better picture." Hitchcock...Tags: Natural Disasters, Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Ethanol
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Rains push quarter of S.D. out of drought
Nearly 25 percent of South Dakota is no longer in a drought, a weekly drought report says. Spring rainstorms have eased drought conditions across much of South Dakota, especially in the northeast part of the state where, in many areas, the drought has...Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Weather
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Storms cause uncertain fishing season in Illinois
To make some extra money, veteran fisherman Jerry Martoglio takes groups of people out on his boat for daylong fishing expeditions in central Illinois lakes, many of which are filled with freshwater favorites like the brassy olive walleye and largemouth...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Disasters, High School Sports, Fishing, Lakes and Ponds
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Tab for 2012's extreme weather events: $110 billion-plus
The price of extreme weather events continues to rise. Superstorm Sandy and the ongoing drought made 2012 the second costliest weather and climate disaster year since 1980, racking up more than $110 billion in damage. According to the National...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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No bull market for bison
Beef prices at grocery stores are at near-record levels, but that hasn't led to a huge spike in the demand for buffalo meat. The beef and buffalo industries just operate differently, say folks involved in the buffalo business. While beef remains a...
Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Consumer Goods Industries, Animal, South Dakota State University
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Amber Rice: Evolution only valid scientific explanation for diversity of life
Evolution forms the foundation of biology. It connects the amazing and diverse discoveries made by modern biologists into a comprehensive understanding of life. A vibrant field of scientific research, evolution is not at all controversial, as a recent...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Science, E. coli Infection, Science and Technology, Lehigh University
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Pachysandra needs help
My pachysandra is dying off in patches. The leaves turn yellow, the vines wither away, and the roots rot, destroying the entire plant. This has been happening gradually for the last two years, including before the drought last year. This year it is...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Dwayne Johnson, Chicago Botanic Garden, Botany
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2013 — for beekeepers, there's nothing sweet about it
Commercial beekeeper Tim May has worked 16-hour days, six or seven days a week for the past month to get more than a thousand hives with millions of honeybees settled in the countryside of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Spring has not been...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Hobbies, Farms, Chicago Botanic Garden, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
DROUGHT Officials say rains ease drought in much of SD PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Officials say recent rains have eased the drought in much of South Dakota, but problems remain in some western areas of the state. State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH'-...Tags: Natural Disasters, Arable Farming, Lawyers, Holidays, Newspaper and Magazine
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Tree Facts: Winter burn
Many evergreens throughout northwestern South Dakota have winter burn injury this spring. It is showing up as reddish-brown dead foliage and was caused by cold winds which dried out the needles of evergreens last winter. Desiccation occurs when the ground...Tags: Natural Disasters
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Native warm-season grasses weather drought, provide other benefits
Native warm-season grasses fair well during drought, and livestock and forage producers are turning to them for these benefits, NRCS scientists say. Many landowners are converting a portion of their land to these grasses and other native plants, taking...Tags: Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Brazil, Conservation, Agriculture
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Seven days of rain impacts farmers & ranchers
BROOKINGS - In the last seven days most of the state saw rain events which dumped as much as 10 inches on some crop acres, says Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist. "How much moisture received and whether it brought damage or relief...Tags: Natural Disasters
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May 29, 2013
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May 31, 2013
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