Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.

As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...

Daniel Sell is a local farmer who turned his passion for farming into a way to teach others about farming on the High Plains.

Reuters’ Emily Schmall reported that “farmers cut their losses early this year across the U.S. wheat belt, stretching from ...

The Great Plains Food Bank has launched a commodity gifting program, called Grow, Give & Gain, which gives farmers and ranchers the opportunity to support hunger relief by donating agricultural goods.

The identity of the “Woman of the High Plains” was revealed in 1979—but five years later, Nettie Featherston was forgotten ...

A well-known canola farmer was among those who died in the Jan. 29 plane crash in Washington, D.C. Bob Schrock, Kiowa, Kansas, and his wife, Lori, died while en route to see their daughter, Ellie ...

Now, U.S. wheat growing is on a steady decline, with farmers finding surer profits from corn, soybeans or cattle. On the ...

Farmers in Sheridan County, Kansas, for instance, are embracing a 20 percent cut in water use, one of the strictest water limits on the Great Plains. A year ago the conservative Republican governor of ...

A growing number of farmers in the Corn Belt and Great Plains do this with cover crops. After harvesting corn or soybeans in ...

Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.