COURTHOUSE NEWS: Climate change takes a hidden toll on California water supplies Courthouse News Service AgricultureClimate change March 14, 2024In 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 AgricultureClimate change March 14, 2024By 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 AgricultureCommentary February 7, 2024Commentary 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 Agriculture February 2, 2024From 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 Agriculture January 17, 2024By 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 Agriculture October 4, 2023By 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 Agriculture October 4, 2023From NASA: On Tuesday, October 3, NASA Ames’ OpenET program launched an application programming interface (API) for its widely-used Data...
THE CONVERSATION: What Arizona and other drought-ridden states can learn from Israel’s pioneering water strategy The Conversation Colorado RiverWater supply augmentation September 12, 2023By Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University; Clive Lipchin, Tel Aviv University, and Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona Arizona is...
UC DAVIS: Growing Crops with Less Groundwater UC Davis AgricultureGroundwater News April 30, 2023UC Davis Provides Farmers with New Technologies and Tools in Response to Climate Change By Amy Quinton, UC Davis On...
CAL MATTERS EXPLAINER: How can California boost its water supply? Cal Matters Planning and managementWater supply augmentation November 7, 2022By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Over and over again, drought launches California into a familiar scramble to provide enough water....
AG ALERT: Fertigation is ‘dialed in’ to deliver targeted nutrients Ag Alert Agriculture July 13, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert The irrigation technology known as fertigation has been around for some time. But with increased...
AG ALERT: FDA seeks to simplify farm water use regulations Ag Alert AgricultureWater quality January 5, 2022By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Growing food safely has always been a priority on farms and ranches across California, as...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Our Enduring Water Supply: Are the Answers to California’s Water Problems Obvious? Robert Shibatani Climate changeCommentaryWater rights and water law October 25, 2021Written by Robert Shibatani Is there a water supply problem in California? To answer such a question, much depends...
AG ALERT: Almond growers cut water use with efficiency measures Ag Alert Agriculture October 13, 2021By Bob Johnson, Ag Alert California almond growers have reduced the amount of water needed to produce a nut by...
CAL MATTERS: Can science transform California crops to cope with drought? Cal Matters Agriculture September 13, 2021The search is on to help California farmers find less-thirsty tree crops. But will the “Torture Orchard” experiments come through...
