Drought has been one of the primary concerns of cultivators and has resulted in severe famines over the ages. That is why the recent development of drought resistant variety of corn has raised hopes for many of them. The detailed report can be...

First, there was last summer’s drought. Then came more bad news: skyrocketing fuel and fertilizer prices, and a wet spring that delayed West Virginia farmers’ plantings and hay harvests.In 2007, the state’s 21,000 farms suffered...

It’s been a year of drought and sand storms across Iraq _ a dry spell that has devastated the country’s crucial wheat crop and created new worries about the safety of drinking water.U.S. officials warn that Iraq will have to increase...

In more than four decades of farming, South Plains cotton producer Rickey Bearden says he’s never seen an early growing season like this one.In the past month, the world’s largest contiguous cotton patch has endured blast furnace-like...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought after two years of below-average rainfall, low snowmelt runoff and a court-ordered restriction on water transfers.Schwarzenegger warned that residents and water managers must immediately...

New research suggests that several years of drought may have added a minute or two to the eruption cycle of Old Faithful geyser. The geyser used to erupt about every 61 minutes. That cycle lengthened to more than an hour and 15 minutes...

Somalia is facing its worst humanitarian crisis in a decade, and the situation is deteriorating, an international aid agency said Wednesday.Worsening armed conflict, rising global prices of food and fuel and severe drought in central Somalia are...

Patrons at Patrick’s Pub and Grill drink their beer in Tennessee, but a walk to the restroom in the same building takes them across the state line to a dry county in Georgia.But as Georgia eyes a longshot bid to move its state line north to...

What drought? Georgia’s governor has given the go-ahead to fill up outdoor swimming pools. The five-ring fountain at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park is dancing once more. And some communities may soon allow homeowners to run lawn...

Australia will need several years of heavy rainfall to reverse the devastating effects of a drought that has battered farm production.