USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey surveys a bleak water-supply picture heading into summer, with early Western snowmelt, drought topping 60% nationally and a possible El Niño...

With drought coverage at a 3.5-year high, experts explain why uniform system performance, smart scheduling and accessible technology are essential to protecting yield through dry...

In the Great Plains and parts of the Midwest, drought doesn’t always arrive as a dramatic headline.

Drought in the Western United States is often talked about in terms of weather – snowpack, rainfall, reservoir levels.

New research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is giving producers a way to reduce water usage while maintaining, or even improving, profitability.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey surveys a patchwork U.S. water picture heading into spring, with California reservoirs brimming, Colorado River storage low and southern drought expanding.

As global companies pursue Water Positive targets, we are seeing more investments in the agricultural supply chain.

Drought expanded across the U.S. in late summer 2025, and La Niña is expected to bring drier-than-normal conditions to the South through winter 2026.

Joe Sanders is the newly appointed executive director of the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska.

Despite La Niña's end bringing wetter conditions to much of the U.S., western regions continue facing drought challenges with uneven rainfall distribution and reservoir storage...