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The global food supply faces a new threat: climate change. Extreme weather like the massive floods that hit the Midwest during planting season and the…
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Farmers impacted by the drought in Missouri have more options for help from the state. Much of southwest Missouri is still considered to be in severe to...
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Local livestock producers hit by this year's drought may be eligible for grants to help plant cover crops for feed.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's…
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Climate change is already having big effects on southern Asia.Deadly heat waves like one that killed 3,500 people in India and Pakistan in 2015 are…
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Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:Missouri Says Reporter Doesn't Have Right to See ExecutionsAuthorities Investigating Berkeley…
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A nonprofit says drought and population growth may put a strain on water sources in southwest Missouri.The Joplin Globe reports that Tri-State Water…
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An environmental sustainability group assessed how 37 U.S. food companies are responding to escalating water risks. It found most have a long way to go to improve water efficiency and other practices.
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Near Las Vegas, levels in the nation's largest reservoir have dropped 140 feet since 2000. Water deliveries to Nevada, Arizona and California may soon be rationed — and farmers would feel it first.
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What's a fair way to divide up California's scarce water? The current system relies heavily on history: Some farmers will get water, others won't, based simply on when their land was first irrigated.
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More than 67 percent of California is experiencing "extreme drought" or worse. At Southern California's Lake Perris, dry conditions have revealed tractor tires and sunken boats, unseen for decades.