Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
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Invasive appetizers, high-tech tractors and river reversal
Executive Director Sara Shipley Hiles shares highlights from the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Chicago.
A closer look at pesticide exposure and cancer in the Midwest
Join our partner newsroom Investigate Midwest for a discussion on the connections between pesticides and cancer.
Spring is arriving earlier across the Basin
Reflections and reporting on phenology, the study of seasonal cues from budding flowers to migrating birds
What's next for the Desk?
Data centers are the topic of the hour throughout the Mississippi River Basin. We're already reporting on their impact — and going to be bringing you more.
Burned before by ‘pesticide drift,’ vineyard owners enter growing season bracing for the worst
The Trump administration wants to continue the use of the herbicide dicamba. That’s despite fears it’s killing sensitive plants.
Nuisance or Pest: The role of beavers in "Hoppers" and the real world
Desk reporter Bennet Goldstein of Wisconsin Watch shares the debate over whether beavers help or hurt land, from Wisconsin to the new Pixar movie "Hoppers."
Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?
040126_HAA_Earlier_Spring_CC0:00/81× COLUMBIA, Mo. — As a row crop farmer in St. Joseph, Mo., Joe Lau
Power generation across the Basin
Local stories from Desk reporters on power generation projects and their myriad impacts from South Dakota to Ukraine
‘This is my ’80s’: As Trump’s tariffs upend trade, farmers endure instability
The sale of US soybeans to China may rebound this year, but a fundamental shift in US policy is needed to break farmers out of their current cycle of hardship, agricultural economy experts said during an Ag & Water Desk, Arkansas Times & Investigate Midwest panel in February.
Pest or ally? Debate over beavers in Wisconsin has wildlife advocates weighing how to coexist
Many wildlife managers see the rodent as a nuisance that harms trout. But scientists argue they’re essential to controlling floods and wildfires.
Is the Farmer's Almanac still relevant?
Desk Expert Journalist Kathleen Davis of Science Friday digs into whether these storied publications are still useful.
A battle over data centers heats up along the Mississippi-Tennessee state line
Elon Musk’s xAI has fired up dozens of polluting, gas-powered generators to fuel the Grok chatbot — and wants to add more
