Drought

Some farmers and environmentalists say the federal program, which is heavily subsidized by U.S. taxpayers, discourages growers from adapting to climate change and should be redesigned.

Missouri has experienced some of the warmest and wettest years on record in recent decades, said Pat Guinan, state climatologist and associate professor of climatology at the University of Missouri Extension.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 19, 2012 - The words that started this story when it first ran last week hold completely true…

Despite recent rainfall, more than half of Missouri is still in a drought, hitting hard at one of the state’s key economic engines: agriculture.Missouri…

Missouri is experiencing one of its worst droughts in decades, and state officials are implementing some emergency measures to help ease the pain.Gov.…

Although Mike Parson has been a regular fixture at the Missouri State Fair for several years, the 2018 fair is his first as governor of the state.And he…

Updated at 8:40 p.m. July 19 to correct numbers in 2nd paragraph — There are few places better to see the effects of an intensifying drought than a...

Western Illinois might be close to the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, but it’s the driest part of the state this year. “We really haven’t really had...

St. Louis' weather forecast this week is rain, rain and more rain, yet that's good news for a region that's in the midst of a drought. National Weather…

Drought conditions across portions of Missouri are having both a positive and negative effect on crops grown in the Show-Me State.The lack of rain over…