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Depletion of major groundwater source threatens Great Plains farming (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago by veganpizza69@lemmy.world to c/green@lemmy.ml
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Greedy use of water reservoirs x Climate heating bringing more drought.

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[–] CyberMonkey404@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would you say they are a minority in the region? Or more of a staple?

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Seems to be a mix but more individual where they are. you don’t see a lot of big corporate farms but I’ve heard them talk about the bullying pressure from ‘big M’ (Monsanto). It’s definitely a rough life and getting harder.