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Originally published
Vol. 3, Issue 2 (April 2005)—updated May 2007
Drought is a recurring risk faced by agricultural producers
Noel
Gollehon and Shawn
Bucholtz
Over the past 112 years, an average
of 7 percent of U.S. agricultural land has experienced
severe or extreme drought each year. Over half the
total agricultural land experienced severe or extreme
drought in 1934, and over 40 percent in 1954 and
1956. More recently, in 1988 and 2002, about 20
percent of acreage was affected. In 2006, about
12 percent of the agricultural land experienced
severe, extreme, or exceptional drought.
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