Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAYLOR COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – In 1929, Amelia Perry was born in Haskell County; just one year later, the nation would be hit ...
On May 16, a rare dust storm pushed across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. Pictured here is the storm approaching Bloomington, Illinois. Soil and Water ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To the untrained eye, Richard Lyons’ farm looks messy. There are no uniform rows of green against a bare canvas of brown soil.
In the 1930s, the Great Plains in the American South faced a financial and environmental catastrophe spurred by years of drought and reckless farming practices. Already reeling from the Great ...
During the Dust Bowl, it was used to control erosion. Today, cover crops are something of a science. Farmers work to develop blends that combine desirable attributes of the plants to increase yields.