AG ALERT: Done right, flooding fields can be efficient Ag Alert News October 9, 2024 213By Ching Lee With their orchards, vineyards and high-value crops, California farmers have embraced drip and other forms of microirrigation,...
USDA ARS: How Thirsty Are Your Crops? Researchers use massive scales to study crop water use Press Release/Notice News September 19, 2024 90From the USDA Agricultural Research Service People who grow plants know that potting flowers or putting vegetables in a raised...
AG ALERT: Sensors guide growers on water decisions Ag Alert News July 24, 2024 107By Rob McCarthy, Ag Alert Lisa Tate, a fifth-generation grower in Santa Paula, said she knew something was amiss in...
AG ALERT: Climate-smart practices help dairies, nourish crops Ag Alert News June 26, 2024 69By Vicky Boyd, Ag Alert Prompted by drought-induced water allocation cutbacks in 2014, the diversified DeJager Farms began looking at...
CA FARM WATER COALITION: The critical connection between farm water and our food supply Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other April 10, 2024 157Press release from the California Farm Water Coalition: The California Farm Water Coalition has released two new fact sheets that...
CAL MATTERS: California farmers could save a lot of water — but their profits would suffer Cal Matters News March 26, 2024 183California farms could use 93% less water but less-thirsty crops, such as grains and hay, are much less lucrative than...
UCSB CURRENT: Small changes can yield big savings in agricultural water use UC Santa Barbara Science March 25, 2024 179By Harrison Tasoff, UC Santa Barbara While Hollywood and Silicon Valley love the limelight, California is an agricultural powerhouse, too....
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Climate change takes a hidden toll on California water supplies Courthouse News Service News March 14, 2024 147In the past decade, the average annual climate-driven increase in crop evapotranspiration is enough to drain a major reservoir. By...
UC MERCED: An Invisible Water Surcharge: Climate Warming Increases Crop Water Demand in the San Joaquin Valley’s Groundwater-Dependent Irrigated Agriculture UC Merced News March 14, 2024 94By UC Merced University of California researchers from the USDA-funded Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop...
COMMENTARY: Where does water wind up? You might be surprised Ag Alert Commentary February 7, 2024 269Commentary by Mike Wade, Executive Director of the California Farm Water Coalition Water, the essence of life, is an indispensable...
OPEN ET: Tracking the invisible movement of water NASA/JPL News February 2, 2024 116From NASA’s Earth Observatory As the world looks for sustainable solutions, a system tapping into NASA satellite data for water...
AG ALERT: Soil sensors, drip reduce water use in desert lettuce Ag Alert News January 17, 2024 285By Vicky Boyd, Ag Alert Desert lettuce growers may be able to save more than 10 inches of water by...
AG ALERT: Farmers join study on curbing water use Ag Alert News October 4, 2023 76By Christine Souza, Ag Alert After several multiyear droughts, those connected to water in California are looking at strategies to...
NASA: OpenET Launches a New API NASA/JPL News October 4, 2023 136From NASA: On Tuesday, October 3, NASA Ames’ OpenET program launched an application programming interface (API) for its widely-used Data...
AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Why alfalfa is ideal for California and the Southwest Ag Alert Commentary August 2, 2023 241Commentary by Ayman Mostafa, Ph.D., a field crops and entomology specialist and director of the Urban Agriculture Production, Small-Scale and...
