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Farmers are drawing groundwater from the giant Ogallala Aquifer faster than nature replaces it

  • Written by Char Miller, W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History, Pomona College
Farmers are drawing groundwater from the giant Ogallala Aquifer faster than nature replaces itWater from an irrigation system sprays flowering cotton plants on the farm of Allen Entz in Hydro, Okla, Aug. 16, 2012.AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

Every summer the U.S. Central Plains go dry, leading farmers to tap into groundwater to irrigate sorghum, soy, cotton, wheat and corn and maintain large herds of cattle and hogs. As the heat rises, anxious...

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