Scientists wince when people blame every big tropical cyclone, heat wave or drought on a shifting climate. But now some are trying to figure out just what the evidence for such a link would be.

Much of the Midwest and the Plains have been battling drought for years. And the current winter wheat crop looks like it will be one of the worst in…

Much of the Midwest and the Plains have been battling drought for years. And the current winter wheat crop looks like it will be one of the worst in…

For a long time, Texas was the center of cattle country. But drought is re-shaping the beef map and raising the price of steak. Ranchers are moving their…

The days of record high corn prices are gone, at least for now, and they’re only going to continue their decline, according to projections released…

U.S. popcorn sellers took a big hit from the 2012 drought, which caused one of the worst popcorn harvests in recent memory. Crops not irrigated were…

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which we talk about important issues related to food production.Maybe you didn’t…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is picking up where it left off in clearing rock from barge channels in the Mississippi River.Since the 1920s, the Corps…

In much of mid-Missouri during June, July and August, rainfall was well below normal. It wasn't as dry as last year though when Missouri's worst drought…

The dry conditions of the past two growing seasons may have frustrated many Missouri corn farmers, but it may have had at least one positive effect on…