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Republican lawmakers are vowing to exclude climate “buzzwords” from the Farm Bill.

A hotter atmosphere is causing rain to fall in harder bursts, pushing back planting seasons and drowning crops.

ROQUE BLUFFS — Cool sea breezes off Englishman Bay graced the fields of Welch Farm on a piercing blue, mid-September day, revealing nothing of the heaving, dry summer months before. It was the third straight season of drought for the state’s...

Eroding soil, drowned crops and polluted runoff among the troubles farmers face as rainfall gets more intense.

A hotter atmosphere is causing rain to fall in harder bursts, pushing back planting seasons and drowning crops. At the same time as human-driven climate change is juicing precipitation, Corn Belt farming practices such as installing underground drainage tiles and leaving fields bare after harvest are changing how water moves across the landscape and into waterways.

The deadline this year for Nebraska producers to submit initial paperwork for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is Nov. 18, 2022.

A changing climate is transforming farm country in the Mississippi River watershed, causing rain to fall in harder bursts that push back planting seasons and drown crops. Meanwhile, farming practices such as installing underground drainage tiles and leaving fields bare after harvest are further changing how water moves across the landscape and into waterways. How communities adapt to all this water will shape the future of their farms.

Midwest farmers are facing more intense and frequent rainfalls that are flooding fields and changing the way they farm. What does the future hold?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture spent $7.4 billion in payments to farmers between 2017 and 2020 through two of its biggest conservation programs, but very little of that money went to practices that help fight climate change, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.

Researchers explore methods to protect the crop as climate change descends while efforts are made to secure funding for Maine farmers.