Stay updated with breaking news from Anne Schechinger. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Midwestern lakes have become a hotbed of toxic algae blooms, largely caused by agricultural runoff. Without regular testing, visitors to lakes in many states have no idea what they're getting into.
As the 2023 farm bill looms, the federal crop insurance program, first created in the 1930s, could be forced to adjust to a world with more extreme weather.
Ten counties in the Mississippi River basin received over $3 billion in crop insurance payments between 2001 and 2020, much of it for losses caused by extreme weather tied to the climate crisis, according to a new Environmental Working Group analysis of Department of Agriculture data. Almost 80 percent of this total, or $40.6 billion, was for the top five...
Crop losses in Indiana due to drought and excess rain cost taxpayers and farmers more than $3 billion in crop insurance payouts since 1995. That’s...
Crop losses in Indiana due to drought and excess rain cost taxpayers and farmers more than $3 billion in crop insurance payouts since 1995.