Farmers are depleting the Ogallala Aquifer because the government pays them to do it
An invisible crisis is brewing in US farm country as the overpumped Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer drains. The key drivers are federal farm subsidies and the tax code.
Jacob A. Miller, PhD Student in Sociology, Kansas State University •
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Nov. 9, 2020 • ~10 min
Nov. 9, 2020 • ~10 min