Crop yield Archives

ILRP: Second Irrigated Lands Expert Panel meeting features Indigenous perspectives and a lot of data

August 20, 2025

By Jane Sooby Day 2 of the Second Statewide Agricultural Expert Panel’s “Kick Off Meeting” convened August 14, 2025, at...

UC BERKELEY: Modeling the key role of irrigation for farming in a hotter world

UC Berkeley

Agriculture

July 23, 2025

From UC Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: For over a century, agricultural scientists have sought to unravel...

NASA: FARMing with data: OpenET launches new tool for farmers and ranchers

NASA/JPL

Agriculture

March 5, 2025

By Milan Loiacono, Science Communication Specialist A NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-supported research and development team is making it...

NASA study: Crops, forests responding to changing rainfall patterns

NASA/JPL

Hydrology

January 3, 2025

By Sally Younger, NASA’s Earth Science News Team A new NASA-led study has found that how rain falls in a given year...

EOS: Soil Salinization: A Rising Threat to Ecosystems and Global Food Security

American Geophysical Union

Agriculture Science

November 15, 2024

As soil salinization intensifies, it poses serious threats to ecosystems, soil health, global food security and socio-economic stability. By Nima...

USDA ARS: How Thirsty Are Your Crops? Researchers use massive scales to study crop water use

US Department of Agriculture

Agriculture

September 19, 2024

From the USDA Agricultural Research Service People who grow plants know that potting flowers or putting vegetables in a raised...

AG ALERT: Climate-smart practices help dairies, nourish crops

Ag Alert

Agriculture Water quality

June 26, 2024

By Vicky Boyd, Ag Alert Prompted by drought-induced water allocation cutbacks in 2014, the diversified DeJager Farms began looking at...

FEATURE: Agrivoltaics: Combining Agriculture and Solar PV for a Sustainable Future

Maven

Agriculture Notebook News and Features

September 6, 2023

California is leading the charge in clean energy with its ambitious goals. By 2030, the state aims to have 60...

CCST WEBINAR RECAP: Managing Salinity in the California Delta in a Changing Climate

Maven

Notebook News and Features Planning and management Policy and regulation

June 8, 2022

The Delta is an intricate network of waterways, canals, and sloughs connecting the Sierra Nevada watershed with the San Francisco...

DELTA ADAPTS: Climate change vulnerability assessment looks at climate impacts to Delta as a place, agriculture, recreation, and infrastructure

Maven

Climate change Notebook News and Features

January 12, 2021

Delta Adapts: Creating a Climate Resilient Future is the Delta Stewardship Council’s effort to conduct the first-ever climate change vulnerability...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Water Quality & Allocation: State Water Board Overview & the Delta Water Quality Control Plan

Maven

Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

May 24, 2017

Panel discussion touches on State Water Board’s authorities and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan The State Water Resources...

Climate variability and change: Trends and impacts on California agriculture

Maven

Agriculture Best of the Notebook Notebook News and Features

June 23, 2016

Dr. Tapan Pathak looks at how climate variability, increasing temperatures, and changing precipitation could affect California agriculture In this presentation,...

Panel discussion: The impacts of climate change on water resources

Maven

Climate change Hydrology Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

March 25, 2015

Peter Gleick, Noah Diffenbaugh, Wade Crowfoot, and Solomon Hsiang discuss the current drought and climate change, focusing on water resources,...