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Days of storms expected in central and southern states, continuing relentless season
On Thursday, the risk begins over the High Plains, extending east toward Oklahoma and north Texas overnight. By Friday, a ...
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As aquifer levels decline in the Great Plains, states weigh the need to meter irrigation wells
About a quarter of the United States’s irrigated cropland sits on top of the Ogallala Aquifer in the Great Plains. But water levels are dropping, and states are taking different approaches to ...
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The Great Plains drain
Two-fifths of all counties are shrinking (see map). In general ... from western Texas to North Dakota. In parts, the Great Plains are more sparsely populated now than they were in the late ...
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How long before the Great Plains runs out of water?
Here's where the world us running out of water, in one map ... in the Great Plains provides freshwater for roughly one-fifth of the wheat, corn, cattle and cotton in the United States.
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United States Department of Agriculture Joins Great Plains Institute and Big River Farms to Announce ‘Solar Farmland Access for Emerging Farmers’ Demonstration Projects
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MINNESOTA STATE FAIR - Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) joined Great Plains Institute (GPI) and Big River Farms today to ...
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Weather Map Reveals Today's Storms, Tornado Risk Update
National Weather Service map showing the risk of tornados across the United States on Saturday ... heavy thunderstorms for parts of the Great Plains. "The start of this Memorial Day weekend ...