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24.07.2012

Schwerste Dürre seit 70 Jahren in den USA

Mehr als die Hälfte des Landes ist betroffen, Hitze und ausbleibender Regen dezimieren die Mais- und Sojaernte drastisch. Auch die Viehzüchter trifft es hart.

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EPAepa03314940 Corn farmer Donna Melton holds drought stricken ears of corn plucked from her fields outside Eldorado, Illinois, USA, 22 July 2012. The drought gripping the Midwest, the most extensive the US has seen in more than 50 years, is pushing corn

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dpaEin Bauernhof in Bayersried (Schwaben), aufgenommen am Sonntag (17.06.2007). Am Donnerstag hatten Beamte hier ein etwa siebenjäh Mädc28;dchen befreit, das möglieise vone von seiner Mutter vers eckt wurde, seit es auf diuf die Welt kam. Die 45-jähri

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REUTERSA customer holds U.S. dollar notes through a tellers window at a money changer in Manila in this November 21, 2008 file photograph. The U.S. dollar may weaken and Treasury yields rise when Asian markets reopen on Monday August 8, 2011, though any

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EPAepa03363474 Dried corn in a field near Wichita, Kansas, USA, 16 August 2012. The United States is experiencing the most widespread drought in more than half a century, which is devastating crops across the Midwest. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

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EPAepa03309360 Ed Schoenberg and his son Austin Schoenberg are framed by a tree as they harvest oats before drought conditions damage them further on a farm near Burlington, Wisconsin, USA 17 July 2012. A report issued by the National Drought Mitigation C

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Naturreservoir Celery Bog in West Lafayette, Indiana. Bild: EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

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Dürregeschädigter Mais in Eldorado, Illinois. Bild: EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

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REUTERSCobs of drought-damaged corn are pictured near Kewanee, Illinois in this July 26, 2012 file photo. The Group of 20 countries are planning a meeting to coordinate a response to surging food prices, the Financial Times reported on August 13, 2012, as

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REUTERSTraders in the S&P 500 pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchanges Chicago Board ofde (CBOT) Se) September 21, 2011. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday ramped up its aid to the beleaguered U.S. economy, launching an effort to put more downward pressure o

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REUTERSU.S. President Barack Obama walks to a campaign fundraising event near his house in Chicago, August 12, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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EPAepa02250064 An aerial view on a labyrinth made from corn, hemp and sunflowers to form a map of the United States of America (USA) near Utting, Germany, 15 July The labyrith of 12,000 square meters size size can be experienced under the motto Wild We

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EPAepa03310301 US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack delivers remarks on drought during a press conference at the White House in Washington DC, USA, 18 July 2012. Along with record-breaking heat, parts of the US are experiencing the worst drought in ove

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A historic photograph of "bracero" workers using short-handled hoes as they cultivate a field in Salinas, California, in 1956. They were among the roughly five million Mexicans who toiled in U.S. farm fields and on railroad lines during the 22-year tempor

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EPAepa03309329 Ed Schoenberg (L) and his son Austin Schoenberg harvest oats before drought conditions damage them further on a farm near Burlington, Wisconsin, USA 17 July 2012. A report issued by the National Drought Mitigation Center shows the drought,

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EPAepa03309349 A patch of drought-dried and wilted corn sits in a field on a farm near Burlington, Wisconsin, USA 17 July 2012. A report issued by the National Drought Mitigation Center shows the drought, the most widespread since 1956, has affected about

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dapdFILE - This July 5, 2008 file photo shows a farmer holding Monsantos Roundup Ready Soy Bean seeds at his family farm in Bunceton, Mo. Monsanto Co., the worlds biggest seed maker, said Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 that higher seed sales helped it return to p

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dapdFILE - In this Jan. 25, 2008 file photo, cattle are shown on Harris Ranch farms in Coalinga, Calif. Harris Ranch is a fully integrated beef operation. The company gets cattle from several ranchers, has its own trucks for transport, and the cattle fin

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dapdCentral Illinois cattle stand in a pasture struggling from lack of rain and a heat wave covering most of the country, Friday, July 20, 2012, in Farmingdale, Ill. The nations widest drought in decades is spreading. More than half of the continental U.S

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EPAepa03309253 Food is gathered on a sidewalk for delivery to a supermarket in New York, New York, USA, 17 July 2012. Reports state that many parts of the United States are facing a drought which is pushing up the cost of wholesale corn prices and soybean

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Ausgetrocknetes Maisfeld in Blair, Nebraska. Foto:Nati Harnik/AP/dapd

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Dürre in den USA. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO