For much of the sorghum-growing regions of the state, the arrival of rain and the amount that fell have dictated this year’s outlook.

Welcome precipitation fell in parts of the central and southern Plains regions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Severe drought in Syria this year could lead to the failure of an estimated 75% of local wheat crops and threaten the food ...

The Lower Rio Grande River is in a ‘near-permanent human-induced megadrought threatening all life that depends on it.’ ...

The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says the overwhelming passage of a new checkoff fund makes it an ...

The unpredictability of Trump’s tariff policy on Mexico earlier this year has already cost cattle ranchers millions of ...

The Ogallala Aquifer, a water source under farmland, cities and small towns from South Dakota to Texas, is in crisis.

PECOS, Texas—Extreme drought has diminished the flows of the ... when the Rio Grande won’t be enough to supply the city. Agriculture consumes the lion’s share of Rio Grande water, followed ...

Secondly, periodic drought affected the area even then ... between the needs of municipalities and the needs of agriculture." South Texas’ water struggles mirror much of the state.

Miles away from the ocean, projects are afoot to clean up salty groundwater and use it to grow crops. Some say it’s a costly ...

Leaders hope to treat groundwater and capture more rain as the water from one of the nation’s most iconic rivers becomes less ...

North Dakota is in store for another week of cool and rainy weather -- possibly mixed with some snowflakes -- after ...