Record Corn Crop Estimated
After the disastrous 2012 season, this year’s corn crop is on track to break a number of records, netting farmers a major profit and boosting US exports. While many farmers…
After the disastrous 2012 season, this year’s corn crop is on track to break a number of records, netting farmers a major profit and boosting US exports. While many farmers…
While the last few years in farming have been defined by erratic weather and severe climatological disasters, the gradual exhaustion of water resources may pose a much more serious, albeit…
With farmers across the country still reeling from a devastating string of bad weather and with many unsure about the future of federal farm subsidies, many have embraced innovative ways…
Increased farm production and increased use of irrigation may be boosting farmers’ incomes across the Great Plains, but it is coming at the cost of increased strain on aquifers in…
Despite last summer’s drought and recent severe rainstorms and despite changing demographics and economic conditions, farming remains a vital part of the Midwest’s culture and economy. The economic importance of…
After last summer’s devastating drought, farmers across the Corn Belt are optimistic about this year’s corn harvest, hoping that this year’s milder weather may help them recover from the recent…
Irrigation systems have become more and more important across the drought-ravaged Midwest as farmers are looking for new techniques to grow crops in an increasingly hostile climate. Last summer’s record-breaking…
In the wake of extreme weather worldwide, severe droughts across the United States and Canada, out of season tropical storms, and other climatological catastrophes, scientists are arguing that the planet…
After last summer’s devastating drought that crippled production nationwide, many Americans may be shocked to learn that farmers are now struggling with heavy rains, which are also severely damaging production.…
In the drought-ravaged Midwest, farmers who had spent much of last summer praying for rain are finding themselves drenched by recent downpours, a turnabout that could similarly hurt overall production…