Agricultural water conservation/use Archives ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK STAGING

November 5, 2026

By Madeline Turland, Colin A. Carter, Bulat Gafarov, Jens Hilscher, and Katrina Jessoe California’s agricultural surface water prices exhibit extreme volatility...

CAL MATTERS FACT CHECK: Is Sam Altman right that almonds use more water than ChatGPT queries?

Cal Matters

Planning and management

September 4, 2026

Altman claims 38,000 ChatGPT queries equal one almond’s water use, but experts say public data center water data is too...

NEW BOOK: Farmers and Climate Change: Agricultural Adaptation in an Age of Rural Polarization

Press Release/Notice

WATER SHELF

August 2, 2026

Visit the Water Shelf main page New from Yale University Press Farmers and Climate Change: Agricultural Adaptation in an Age...

AG ALERT: Researchers study potential of agave crop

Ag Alert

Agriculture

July 23, 2026

By Manola Secaira, Ag Alert On a hot morning in June, dozens of agave plants took root in the soil...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Colorado River experts say agriculture must make permanent cuts to water use

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

June 23, 2026

Water managers say drying up farmland is not the solution By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Some Colorado River experts are...

CA AGRICULTURE: Central Valley decision support tool helps predict yield and profitability response to irrigation with saline water

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Agriculture

January 14, 2026

By Floyid Nicolas, PhD, Mae Culumber, PhD, Hossein Shahrokhnia, PhD, Usama Al-Dughaishi, PhD, Jongwon Do, PhD, Sharon Benes, PhD, Isaya...

OpenET expands satellite-based water use data across 48 states, providing critical information to farmers and water managers across the nation

Guest Contributor

Planning and management

December 17, 2025

Unique public-private partnership brings together NASA, USGS, Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and more to make scientifically rigorous evapotranspiration data widely...

SJV WATER: Clean drinking water harvested from tomatoes at Los Banos processing plant

SJV Water

Agriculture

December 3, 2025

By Monserrat Solis, SJV Water A gadget capable of extracting evaporation from tomato pulp is producing 120,000 gallons a day...

CA AGRICULTURE: UC Cooperative Extension advisor provides first-of-its-kind avocado irrigation data

UC Ag and Natural Resources (UCANR)

Agriculture

October 16, 2025

Study findings from Southern California avocado orchards help growers save water and money. From California Agriculture: Perched precariously on the...