Agriculture Built These High Plains Towns. Now, It Might Run Them Dry
Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Today, the aquifer supports 20% of the nation’s wheat, corn, cotton and cattle production and represents 30% of all water used for irrigation in the United States. Since the mid-20th century, when large-scale irrigation began, water levels in the stretches of the Ogallala underlying Kansas have dropped an average 28.2
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