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Last year’s devastating drought in Louisiana killed off large crops of crawfish, leading to a tough season for farmers, fishers — and seafood lovers.
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Some are asking Congress to add more crop insurance and disaster assistance for smaller producers in the upcoming US Farm Bill.
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Many more pipeline projects are being proposed as part of efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.
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After a year of climate disasters, farmers and ranchers met to swap seeds and talk about how they're adapting.
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Black farmers in Mississippi are aging. Now, they’re connecting with next-gen farmers to keep their ancestral practices of sustainable farming alive.
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Around 175 million tons of freight travels on the Mississippi River each year, and from the river’s headwaters to southern Illinois, a series of locks and dams guide barges through the journey.Traffic is only increasing, but the locks and dams have aged far past their life expectancy. Even functioning properly, they slow barges down, and shippers and commodity groups fear a worse infrastructure breakdown is on the horizon.
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Mayors along the Mississippi River are asking for more federal help as the drought that has plagued the nation’s water superhighway in recent weeks drags on. City leaders shared wide-ranging impacts of dry conditions at a Tuesday press conference hosted by the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, from barge slowdowns to water main breaks caused by shifting dry ground.
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A hotter atmosphere is causing rain to fall in harder bursts, pushing back planting seasons and drowning crops. At the same time as human-driven climate change is juicing precipitation, Corn Belt farming practices such as installing underground drainage tiles and leaving fields bare after harvest are changing how water moves across the landscape and into waterways.
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Harsh Winter Weather Took A Toll On Farmers In Louisiana and MississippiAfter nearly a week of freezing temperatures, farmers in Mississippi and Louisiana have suffered big losses in livestock and crops, and some of the worst…
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Governor John Bel Edwards just announced new efforts to revitalize Louisiana’s rural communities that are in crisis.By executive order, Gov. Edwards…