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Farmers in these locations can apply for emergency loans.

The state’s largest industry can’t ignore global warming — but change can be slow and expensive. Here’s what farmers say is tipping the scales for them now.

Illinois' future summers could be as hot as Texas.Essay — When we think of climate change, we often imagine melting ice caps, rising sea levels that…

California grows almost half the fruits and vegetables in the U.S. It’s also deep in drought and some farms are short on water. That may sound like a…

When the wind picked up from the south on John Schweiser’s farm outside Rocky Ford, Colo., the sky would go black. A charging wall of dust would force the…

The U.S. Drought Monitor has expanded the area in Illinois considered to be in "moderate drought." State Climatologist Jim Angel says exceptionally dry…

West central Illinois is now in what is being called a moderate drought. That's despite a relatively cool and wet start to the summer.The US Drought…

The Army Corps of Engineers blew up part of a levee in 2011 to divert rising Mississippi River floodwaters away from Cairo. Now, in early 2013, Corps…

Kane County is just 25 miles from Lake Michigan, one of the world’s largest sources of fresh water, yet it appears out of reach. As Kane develops new…