Dry conditions could persist over the next several weeks, experts said.

A year after becoming first-generation farmers, the owners of River & Root Farm are facing one of the most severe droughts in ...

New research by scientists at the University of Calgary has found that plants, ranging from canola to rice to tomatoes, actively shut down their own ability to take up iron when they experience ...

Global climate change is reshaping agricultural ecosystems. As warmer winters become more prevalent, snow droughts caused by ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - The USDA issues a new drought monitor every Thursday, and the new outlook for Mississippi is worrying farmers across the state as the growing season has kicked off, but ...

Drought conditions have gripped nearly the entire country, with only one state spared as a bone-dry autumn left most states parched. In November, Kentucky became the 49th state to cross into drought ...

And as climate change adds more swings between wet and dry conditions, researchers are working on ways to better identify, ...

Because of the USDA’s declaration, farmers and ranchers are eligible for loans up to $500,000 at lower-than-market interest rates.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Wildfires burning across Southeast Georgia, combined with extreme drought conditions, are already impacting the state’s agriculture industry, with officials warning losses could ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Environment are set to begin addressing an agricultural crisis resulting from a crop freeze in late April, as well as the ongoing ...

Georgia is experiencing an extended drought, a major consequence of climate change, which has been ongoing since last fall.