rain barrels

Colorado wrangles over legalizing rain barrels

Public broadcaster KUNC says rain barrels are a touchy subject because of the larger issue of water rights "and the competition for every last bit of water" in the often-arid West.

A lot of wheat in Kansas “zeroed out” by drought

A lot of wheat in western Kansas has has been "zeroed out for insurance purposes, and a lot more will be," says the chief of the Kansas State University ag experiment station south of Hays in northwest Kansas.