By Forrest Wilder, Texas Monthly The rains don’t come like they used to, and Glenn Schur can’t rely on the once bountiful water beneath the clay …
Kansas farmers brace for water cuts to save Ogallala Aquifer
By Allison Kite, Kansas Reflector and Kevin Hardy, Stateline JETMORE, Kan. — An inch or two of corn peeks out of the dirt, just enough to reveal …
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Dumas farmers, city collaboration taps 38 million gallons for crops, preserves aquifer
by Drew Powell, ABC 7 Amarillo DUMAS, Texas — The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Economic Research Service team conducted a study …
Wheat and more… or less
By Vance Ehmke Will the Ogallala go the way of the buffalo? The thing that very nearly led to the extinction of an entire species, …
Kansas Geological Survey says 18% to 32% cut in groundwater pumping may stabilize aquifer
By Tim Carpenter Estimates drawn from 25 years of tracking water-level, water-use The aquifer, the state’s most economically important …
Husker study finds aquifer depletion threatens crop yields
By Scott Schrage Yield Losses intensify when groundwater dwindles, data shows Three decades of data have informed a new Nebraska-led study …
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A new look at an old aquifer debate
By Sarah Wyant For most of my journalism career, which started in the 1980s, I’ve heard people expressing concerns about the Ogallala Aquifer …
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Time to address the Ogallala in the room
By Jennifer M. Latzke “Change is not necessary because survival is not mandatory.” Those words from a participant at the 2024 Ogallala …
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To save water in the Ogallala aquifer, look to parts of Kansas already using less
By Calen Moore People in the agriculture industry are still looking for local solutions to save what is left of the Ogallala aquifer that …
Water’s worth: It sits beneath Nebraska’s farmland and has serious value. But who owns it?
By Yanqi Xu The land John Childears farms near North Platte is sandy, not particularly fertile, less than ideal. But the value of his land …
