Winter had arrived, kicking off Yuma growers’ most important season for leafy greens. John Boelts, co-owner of Desert Premium Farms, had planted 80 acres of lettuce seedlings but lost 25 acres, nearly ...

Across the world, irrigation dominates freshwater consumption, accounting for 88% of all the freshwater consumed on a global scale. In the western United States, this is no different, as irrigated ...

Crop water demand in California's San Joaquin Valley has increased to the size of a major reservoir in just 12 years due to climate change, a study has found. An integral region for agriculture, ...

California’s statewide Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, established in 2014, requires local groundwater sustainability agencies to adopt sustainability plans for high and medium priority basins ...

As the state sitting above the largest portion of the United States’ largest aquifer, Nebraska relies on groundwater not just for hydrating, but irrigating. In growing corn, soybean and other crops, ...

Western Kansas is running out of the water needed to fuel irrigated agriculture. Why is it so hard for farmers to switch to alternative crops? GRAY COUNTY, Kansas — In dry western Kansas, the sound of ...

Researchers to examine whether agave can be grown commercially in California Agave requires minimal watering, which is ideal for a drought-prone state Plants provide source of fiber, alternative ...