laST SUMMeR, hay WiTheReD UnDeR a SeVeRe DRoUGhT aFFecTinG 53 PeRcenT oF The naTion. Farmers were pleading online for hay. Some resorted to selling off their livestock. The USDa opened four million conservation acres for grazing. Ag Professional reported in 2012 that “U.S. taxpayers will pay a record $15 billion to subsidize the privately run crop insurance program this year, double the recent cost due to devastating drought in the Farm Belt.� in related developments, river levels from china to the americas dropped. interstate water wars over the colorado, Missouri and chattahoochee rivers continue in 2013.
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