drought

The drought crippling the Midwest has many farmers standing with their hands in the air wondering what to do about the countless rows of crops that have been left for dead by the summer’s scorching triple-digit heat.

On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a natural disaster declaration for all of Michigan's 83 counties due to losses caused by the drought and excessive heat that began on March 1, 2012 and continues to affect much of the Midwest and South...

There appears to be a creepy correlation between extended periods of drought and high rates of suicide.