Articles Tagged with ''drought''

It’s time once again — an election year is here, which in turn affects the current administration’s decision-making process.

President Barack Obama, campaigning in Iowa today, will announce $170 million in government meat purchases and urge Congress to pass an agriculture bill that provides aid for farmers struck by drought.

As drought conditions become the worst in 50 years and corn yields are expected to drop significantly, a coalition of meat and poultry organizations today asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to waive the federal mandate for the production of corn ethanol.

The drought that has affected much of the country, particularly the Midwest, may send the cost of corn soaring.