With early-summer heat settling across the Midwest, federal agricultural officials are highlighting a suite of financial and ...

For those coaxing thirsty crops like alfalfa from the parched fields and withered pasturelands in Eloy, Arizona, water is as good as gold — and just as scarce. “We’ve had nothing from the Colorado ...

U.S. farmers this year will harvest their smallest wheat crop since 1972, as a severe drought in the U.S. Plains has curbed production of hard red winter wheat, the largest variety grown in the U.S., ...

The USDA designation comes as the dry conditions fuel wildfires across the state. As of Thursday morning, there were 134 wildfires totaling more than 25,000 acres, a Florida Forest Service wildfire ...