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Thursday, April 25, 2013  More tough choices ahead for farmers, cities as New Mexico grapples with third year of drought

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  South Carolina is drought free for the first time since 2010, according to the South Carolina Drought Response Committee.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Wet or dry? Gardeners make plans with no certainty in forecast as cold spring follows drought

Monday, March 25, 2013  Crop insurance claims total $16 billion after widespread U.S. drought; cost stirs debate in Congress

Monday, March 04, 2013  Bacteria, drought, heavy crop load: It's been a disappointing year for the citrus crop in Florida

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Some feedlots, meatpackers closing after US ranchers sold off cattle amid widespread drought

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Officials with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that no counties in South Carolina are in a severe drought.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  The weather numbers are in for 2012 at Columbia Metropolitan Airport.

Saturday, December 15, 2012  Conditions are dry across the Carolinas, and there may not be much relief in sight.

Friday, October 26, 2012  A big peanut harvest is likely to reduce prices on peanut butter and other products for consumers stinging from high grocery prices.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  Empty shelves is a problem Harvest Hope is facing.  The food bank's meat department is being hit hard after losing more than 5 million pounds of food the USDA regularly provides.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  South Carolina's water resources, or the lack of them, are the topic of discussion this week at a conference being attended by political leaders and scientists and those who oversee water supplies.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  In year of severe drought, farmers say pumpkin crop looks like rare, smashing success

Monday, October 08, 2012  Spring freeze, drought leave corn maze, orchard operators worried about fall tourism season

Thursday, September 27, 2012  South Carolina's drought committee says rainfall has reduced the drought status.