UC report details farming’s needs for climate resilience By David Danelski, UC Riverside California should take urgent and bold measures to adapt its $59 billion agriculture sector to climate change as the amount of water available for crops declines, according...
Press release from the Union of Concerned Scientists Integrating solar energy with agricultural production can bring economic and environmental benefits...
By Rob McCarthy, Ag Alert Lisa Tate, a fifth-generation grower in Santa Paula, said she knew something was amiss in a block of young avocado trees planted on her family’s ranch. She had a hunch that too much water was...
From the USDA Agricultural Research Service: Scientists at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Southwest Climate Hub and California Climate Hub have developed a browsable map-based tool that addresses water scarcity in the U.S. Southwest. The Water Adaptation Techniques...
Relying on water storage won’t be enough to make up for declines in future water availability under a changing climate, new study shows. By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute The Western U.S. is heavily reliant on mountain snowpacks and their...
For decades, irrigation runoff from Imperial Valley farms has fed the Salton Sea. As farmers cut back on water use, the inland sea has receded, impacting habitat for species that live in its marshes and nearby drainage ditches. By Caleb...
