We took the farm tour and viewed large plots of land where the longest - ever side - by - side experiments have been conducted, comparing organic methods with non-organic, measuring yields, effects on soil, moisture, humus, microbiological activity, etc. (Initially, organic farming yields drop off, but within a few years, organic yields are equivalent of chemical farming yields, but
in drought years, organic agriculture provides higher yields.
In drought years these can be opened up to herders.
The decrease
in drought years has also been a blessing to the farmers.
«The forest didn't burn much in average years, but burned extensively
in drought years,» said co-author Michael Coe.
In drought years, trees are more likely to die and forests become more susceptible to fires.
In the drought years, 1988 to 1998, corn yields in the legume - based system were 22 percent higher than yields in the conventional system.
Our studies, which are the longest - running side - by - side studies of conventional and organic farming in the nation, also show that the organic approach does not compromise yield — in fact
in drought years it increases it since more carbon in the soil allows it to hold more water.
A new study finds that, while rates of deforestation have sharply fallen in the Amazon over the past decade, the number of wildfires affecting the region has remained stubbornly high — particularly
in drought years.
Although wildfires occur regularly in the Amazon, fire incidence is at its highest
in drought years.
Over the course of the study period, emissions from wildfires
in drought years alone totalled more than 1bn tonnes, Aragão says.
The chart shows how the number of forest fires tends to spike
in drought years.
But a lack of water
in drought years kills some trees that normally absorb CO2, sends additional CO2 into the atmosphere as those trees rot, and temporarily lessens surviving trees» CO2 uptake.
The researchers say that,
in drought years, water stress keeps the rainforest from absorbing the 1.5 billion metric tons of CO2 it would sop up in a normal year.
Frequency of very large fire extents (> 10,000 ha) is significantly higher
in drought years.
In drought years disaster ensued.
In drought years, farmers generally increase slaughter rates rather than incur the high costs of retaining stock.
Not exact matches
Investors and hedge funds were freaked out last
year when the price for Arabica beans shot through the roof, thanks to a
drought in Brazil.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Some of the largest brewers
in the U.S. are trying to reduce their water - to - beer ratio as
drought and wildfire threaten the watersheds where they draw billions of gallons every
year.
Here's what Lake Oroville, the body of water contained by the tallest dam
in the US, looked like
in August 2015, during the height of California's raging five -
year drought:
It looks like next
year might be a good time to cut the carbohydrates as a
drought - fueled jump
in wheat costs will make bakery goods the food items with the biggest price gains for U.S. consumers.
And while he didn't promise to end Cleveland's 50 -
year championship
drought, James did,
in dramatic style, lead the Cavaliers to overturn a 3 - 1 series deficit against the favored Golden State Warriors.
The Eagle Ford, extending from the Mexican border into East Texas, began to boom
in 2011, just as Texas struggled with the worst one -
year drought in its history.
After all the frenetic deal - making of the past few
years, Canada's oilpatch is now finding itself
in the grip of an unaccustomed
drought of mergers and acquisitions.
The Weather Channel's Carl Parker reports on the worst
drought in years, and the state of agriculture
in the Midwest.
California's historic
drought is
in the middle of its fifth
year.
That's not a pretty sight
in California, which is currently
in its fifth
year of a historic
drought and also happens to be home to lots of meat and dairy farms.
The company stopped watering its lush lawns last
year, and though the type of grass it planted is supposed to be
drought - tolerant, the grass has browned
in some areas.
Heatwaves and
drought mean that California's avocado production is expected to fall by 44 %, while disastrous flooding
in Peru's avocado - growing south has also led to a downgrade
in this
year's crop forecast, according to the BBC.
«Malawi has shown progress
in achieving macroeconomic stabilization following two
years of
drought, with a rebound
in growth and inflation reduced to single...
The fires, which took place during a
drought year and
in the hillsides above the East San Francisco Bay city, killed 25 people and destroyed 2,843 homes and more than 430 apartments.
El Nino - fueled storms have brought some relief to
drought - parched California this
year, but the central and southern portions of the state, as well as the Sierra Nevada foothills
in the north remain at high risk, according to experts.
But they also attribute the price fall to a seasonal rise
in stock, after a
drought of low listings earlier
in the
year.
I understand that
drought conditions have also plagued Canada's Prairies
in recent
years.
Although cocoa prices scored the most impressive quarterly gain, with futures up 35 % on production issues
in West Africa, soybeans were a standout as well, with futures up 9.8 % as a
drought harmed crops
in Argentina while
years of bumper harvests
in the United States were set to recede
in 2018.
This could result
in higher rates for crop insurance, which could be detrimental to Oklahoma farmers as this farming season has already seen high levels of precipitation following a five -
year drought.
Scattered thunderstorms
in the Rockies and parts of the Southwest are doing little to ease the hardships caused by the severe
drought, now going on almost three
years in some states.
We've been
in a
drought in Texas for
years now and I don't see it going away anytime soon.
According to ABARE's current forecasts, farm production is not expected to reach the high levels prevailing
in the
years immediately preceding the onset of the
drought.
The fall
in rural exports has been especially sharp, with the value of exports
in the June quarter down by over 27 per cent on the level of a
year ago, largely reflecting the effect of the
drought.
The effect of the
drought can also be seen
in farm output, which fell by around one - third over the
year to the March quarter, subtracting 1.1 percentage points from aggregate GDP growth.
The impact of the weak world economy and the
drought over the first half of 2003 are evident
in the latest national accounts, which show that real GDP rose by 0.1 per cent
in the June quarter and 2.0 per cent over the
year (Table 10).
Weak growth
in the world economy and the
drought in Australia have seen export earnings decline over the past couple of
years (Graph 44).
Some experts argue that four
years of
drought in Syria helped contribute to its civil war.
In Kenya, for example, there's
drought coupled with the after - effects of the post-election violence a
year ago.
Food shortages and
droughts result
in millions of deaths each
year.
It will not worry
in a
year of
drought or cease producing fruit.
30 - 32, and had been going on for over 2000
years, from the 6th century, the sword, the whirlwinds, and
droughts, has been upon this earth prophesied
in Jeremiah 25.
Even though I have
droughts in my business, and even though I am a horrible self marketer, I somehow manage to make a little more every
year.
It has no worries
in a
year of
drought, and never fails to bear fruit.»
In the days of T'ang, there were seven
years out of eight of
drought, but this did not narrow its span.