Current Farm Report 8-11-12 FOCUS: Animal and Fish Die-off Due to Drought | |
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(OP) User ID: 21626888 United States 08/12/2012 04:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com] South Korean heat wave kills 780,000 chickens Posted on August 8, 2012 August 8, 2012 – CLIMATE – South Korea’s extended heat-wave has taken its toll on both humans and animals, with more than 830,000 chickens or other poultry reported dead as of Wednesday. The agriculture ministry said 786,512 chickens, 40,780 ducks, 3,000 quail, 336 pigs and five cows have died since July 20, when the peak temperature began hovering above 33 Celsius (91.4 Fahrenheit) in most areas. worth my weight in squirrels. |
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(OP) User ID: 21626888 United States 08/12/2012 04:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.thefrontierpost.com] The drought-like situation Posted on August 7, 2012 Currently, several districts in Sindh province, in particular, remote rural parts are facing a severe drought-like situation. The situation is reported alarming in Kachho, Kohistan, Thano Bola Khan, Jacobabad, Kashmor, Kandh kot, Rohri etc. where water–thirsty people have to travel miles and miles in search of water and polluted water has become their fate to quench thirst. Livestock, wild animals and birds are also reported dying due to drought like situations in the remote areas. worth my weight in squirrels. |
Anne O'Mally
(OP) User ID: 21626888 United States 08/12/2012 05:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 8 Aug 2012 7:37 AM Share on reddit Share on stumbleupon Share on email Share on print Drought: Bad for the Gulf ‘dead zone’ after all? By Twilight Greenaway Last week, I wrote about how this year’s unusually small Gulf dead zone may offer less reason to celebrate than you’d think. Yes, less rainfall has indeed meant less farm runoff into the Mississippi, resulting in fewer nutrients from fertilizer and livestock in the Gulf, and thus a smaller lifeless aquatic area (or “dead zone”). In normal years, however, this zone is still continuing to expand. And, until the face of farming changes — so that commodity producers rely less heavily on synthetic nitrogen fertilizer and animal agriculture is less concentrated — this pattern isn’t going to change. As it turns out, there’s more to the relationship between drought and nitrogen than I’d originally thought. Eric Davidson, executive director and senior scientist at Woods Hole Research Center — a Massachusetts-based think tank focused on climate and natural resources — shared some additional science that suggests we might really want to hold off on celebrating. worth my weight in squirrels. |
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(OP) User ID: 21626888 United States 08/12/2012 05:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to missourioutdoors.blogspot.com] Saturday, August 11, 2012 Heat, drought and other factors contributing to recent elk deaths MDC has some answers from initial examinations but is awaiting additional test results. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is awaiting additional laboratory test results to help determine the causes of recent elk deaths, including six cow elk. One yearling bull elk was also recently found dead along with three calves, two of which were born to cow elk that died. All deaths occurred in mid-to-late July and involved elk relocated earlier this year from Kentucky to Missouri’s elk restoration zone in Carter, Shannon and Reynolds counties. One of the dead cow elk from the 2012 group was found stuck in a muddy pond. After being pulled free by MDC staff, it died the next day. Hansen says that heat exhaustion likely contributed to its death. He says that several other Midwestern states are also reporting heat- and drought-related livestock and wildlife deaths. worth my weight in squirrels. |
Anne O'Mally
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