The department issued more than $2.2 billion in federal aid to more than 43,000 farmers across the country in the last week of July, with much of that money going to farmers in the Mississippi River delta states.

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Federal aid addresses discrimination for thousands of farmers after years of delay

‘We should have a sense of urgency’ as farm drainage tile drives nutrient pollution

At the mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana bears the burden of upstream runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?

Farm to Trouble: As conservation lags, so does progress in slashing Gulf of Mexico’s ‘dead zone’

‘Dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico predicted to be bigger than average this summer

New research blames climate change, not foreign bugs, for killing critical marsh grass

Week of heavy snowfall wallops Midwest, could bring drought relief

How much trash does the Mississippi River funnel from the heartland to the ocean?

10 key facts about the mighty Mississippi River, one of the nation’s most important waterways