drought

The San Fernando Valley area recently suffered from water outages and has, over the last 12 months, consistently experienced below-average rainfall and drought conditions.

The contraction in the industry has worsened, as several years of drought have forced ranchers to slash their herds.

Prices for beef have been climbing for months on the back of cattle-supply problems driven by factors such as drought, labor shortages, inflation and market instability, as MarketWatch has reported.

Invented in the 1940s, countries have been seeding clouds for decades to alleviate drought, fight forest fires and even to disperse fog at airports.

On the field, baseball’s longest postseason drought extended to 11 years.