United States Farmland Faces Water Crisis as Ogallala Aquifer and Central Valley Groundwater Rapidly Decline
UNITED STATES — One of the most serious and long-term threats facing American agriculture is no longer just drought, but the rapid depletion of groundwater combined with the collapse of farmland’s natural ability to capture and recycle rainwater across key food-producing regions. New data shows that the nation’s most productive agricultural areas — including the…
