McLean County Farm Bureau

FARMERS IN ‘DUST BOWL ZONE’ ADAPT TO LACK OF WATER –

For decades, the Texas Panhandle was green with cotton, corn and wheat. But groundwater that sustained generations is drying up, creating another problem across the Southern plains: Without enough rain or groundwater for crops, soil can blow away — as it did during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. (The Columbian)