In the Great Plains, widespread drought has dried up water supplies, decimated crop harvests, and left cattle with no grass to eat. ... CONDOS: His baby wheat plants are holding on for now, barely.

Dryness in the Great Plains began spreading east this year, affecting much of the Midwest and endangering crops, livestock and river shipping. Recent rains have been a god-send, but will it be ...

A juggernaut unleashed by humans is grinding slowly across the Great Plains, ... a family affair for the Mushrushes. 12-year-old Bella carries a pair of loppers on her way to tackle woody plants.

Wildfires have become more frequent, burning bigger areas during longer seasons thanks to conditions exacerbated by climate change. More people in the Great Plains and Midwest are turning to ...

Over the course of 12 months, an area of Great Plains grasslands bigger than the state of Delaware was erased from the map. In 2021 alone, 1.6 million acres were plowed across the United States ...

Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.