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Farmers Can Adapt to Alternating Droughts and Floods—Here’s How

The Equation

MAY 15, 2023

While a small number of winter crops such as small grains (wheat, oats, barley) and forage and pasture crops such as alfalfa can use some winter rain and snow, western agriculture largely depends on a steady supply of irrigated water that has led to extreme groundwater mining.

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Why the West Needs Prairie Dogs

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 28, 2025

But European settlers were remarkably effective at shooting and poisoning prairie dogs and plowing up their burrows. Researchers, however, say the effects of prairie dogs on livestock forage are mixed. Some relied on prairie dogs for nourishment during thin times, or used them as a ceremonial food.

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Farmers Can Adapt to Alternating Droughts and Floods—Here’s How

Why the West Needs Prairie Dogs

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