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Drought in middle America could hurt Floridians

By on July 30th, 2012 | Last updated: December 7, 2012 at 9:38 pm

The drought plaguing the Midwest is the worst since the 1950s. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Alexys Martinez spoke with Frankie Hall, the director for the Agricultural Policy Division for the Florida Farm Bureau, about how the dry spell is affecting us [...]

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Drought will impact prices at the grocery store

By on July 16th, 2012 | Last updated: September 20, 2012 at 1:46 pm

By Kristen Botica – WUFT-FM A new report released today shows that 55% of the continental United States is in a moderate to extreme drought, the largest percentage since 1956. With the Midwest at the center of the drought, there [...]

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