Agriculture

The West may be free of tornadoes and drought, but it has its own weather problems. A cool wet spring is damaging some crops, and delaying others.

A historic flood and drought in the same year are making this a rough season for farmers. And if you pay federal taxes, then you subsidize the crop insurance industry.

But demand remains around the same. And the high price of other ingredients in chocolate means chocolate lovers will still need to pay.

While the Mississippi River floods 400 miles away, Texas finds itself in its driest period in 100 years.

Floods and wet weather have corn farmers worried across the U.S. grain belt. Supplies are tight and could get tighter.

The Army Corps of Engineers has created a large hole in a Missouri levee to regulate potential flooding of the Ohio River. Mississippi, Missouri county clerk Hubert Delay explains what this means for his county's economy.

In an effort to divert rising floodwaters, the Army Corps of Engineers created large holes in a levee along the Mississippi River. The move could flood up to 130,000 acres of viable farmland.

Many growing regions haven't had any real rain since September, and crop insurance premiums are rising.

European farmers rely greatly on government subsidies, but some EU countries are looking to get that help decreased.