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Showing posts with label drought. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drought. Show all posts
Friday, May 15, 2026

Rye is the little grain that could, and it's helping to protect land and increase cash for farmers

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While San Luis Valley makes up only a tiny percentage of Colorado's population, the region contributes roughly 39% of the state's t...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Pilot program that pays irrigating farmers for their water rights helps Nevada aquifers recover from overuse

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Retiring groundwater rights helps depleted aquifers  recover from overuse. (The Nature Conservancy map) After years of battling water overus...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Scientists 'drill, baby, drill,' and find freshwater deep beneath the ocean floor off the North Atlantic coast

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The U.S. already faces a freshwater crisis, brought on by drought, higher temperatures, overuse and pollution. But a scientific dig into the...
Friday, May 09, 2025

Ag updates: Celebrate Beef Month; handling farm stressors; 'regenerative' farming limits; what is 'acequia' irrigation?

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"Round-up scenes in Belle Fouche" by John C. H. Grabill. (Library of Congress photo via Ag Clips) May is National Beef Month, and ...
Tuesday, April 08, 2025

EPA cuts may leave rural towns with even fewer resources to combat extreme weather

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Hills Creek Valley in Oakridge, Ore. EPA funds were earmarked for wildfire smoke management. (Adobe Stock photo) The Environmental Protecti...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Going against the current, Utah works to change an old western water rights rule to encourage conservation

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Utah Department of Agriculture and Food photo Many western states apply the "use it or lose it" rule to water rights, which penali...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Forty-eight states face moderate drought, which affects groundwater supplies, agriculture and river transportation

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Drought caused this sunflower crop to fail. (Adobe Stock photo) This summer's scorching heat may be over, but across the United States a...
Friday, November 01, 2024

Will this winter be as mild as last winter? Experts give national 2024-2025 outlook predictions.

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The 2024-2025 winter outlook map shows the greatest chances for cooler conditions in the Pacific Northwest. (NOAA map via Dovers) In most p...
Friday, September 20, 2024

Drought causes transportation headaches along the Mississippi River for the third year in a row

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Bridge near Vicksburg, Miss., and a pusher tug headed up the Mississippi River. (Photo by Justin Wilkens, Unsplash) A drying Mississippi Riv...
Friday, June 14, 2024

Quick hits: The resilient Mississippi River; pizza and sunscreen's shared ingredient; food costs; a new ice cream

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 American Bald Eagle snatches its prey from the mighty Mississippi.  (Adobe Stock photo) In the fall of 2022, the Mississippi River was dr...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

U.S. beef herd hits a dramatic low as ranchers face repeated droughts and extreme weather

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Graph by John McCracken, Investigate Midwest, from USDA data More prolonged periods of drought paired with extreme weather swings have reduc...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Farmers in a California region created a system to address water scarcity; it could be a national conservation model

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Pajaro Valley lost its precious strawberry crops 40 years ago. (Photo by Nathan Weyland, NYT) As groundwater becomes more challenging to sou...
Monday, December 18, 2023

Frequently dredging the Mississippi River helps to keep cargo moving, but places to 'stash' sand are in short supply

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The Mississippi River near Wabasha, Minn., is a dredging hotspot. (Photo by Elizabeth Flores, Star Tribune) Frequent dredging kept cargo mov...
Wednesday, November 01, 2023

Seeking more affordable housing, some rural families live with 'water scarcity' -- even hauling water to their homes

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Pagosa Springs, Colorado; Aspen Springs is 10 miles west.  (Wikipedia map, adapted) Even as U.S. water supplies are decreasing, demand is in...
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Farmers are adapting to extreme weather; it takes time and planning

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The Larsen farm has been in the family for seven generations. (Photo by Martin Larsen via Successful Farming) Extreme winds, pummeling rain...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Some aquifers are drying up; a scientist explains how understanding groundwater changes could help

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James Dennedy-Frank is a hydrologist researching groundwater recharge. Can we solve America's groundwater crisis? That depends on a lot ...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

A solution for increasingly arid lands? Taking advantage of the water cycle process alongside soil regeneration.

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Water cycle restoration is key to creating water on parched land. (Photo by Daniel Sinoca, Unsplash) When scientists talk about solutions fo...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

A group of 10 states wants to create a compact to protect the Mississippi River

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Aerial view of the Mississippi River near Guttenberg, Iowa. (Photo by Drake White-Bergey, Wisconsin Watch via WWNO) The Mississippi River, ...
Friday, September 15, 2023

How low will it go? Farmers worry over Mississippi River levels and fear repeat of last year's crop-transportation crisis

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Towboats line the shore near Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio flows into the Mississippi. (Photo by Chris Kenning, USA Today) As the Midwest ...
Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Drought-stricken lands leave farmers and ranchers to plow under crops and sell off herds

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Drought conditions have forced farmers to plow existing crops under. (Photo by Richard Bell, Unsplash) Summer’s drought has hit farmers and ...