water management

Irrigation Strategies Pair Water-Use Efficiency With Profit Rainfall and/or access to irrigation water is essential to viable cotton production. Circumstances vary across the different regions of the Cotton Belt. Some areas are plagued by drought and declining aquifers, whereas other...

Despite California Storms, Water Challenges Persist ⋅ BY CHRISTINE SOUZA ⋅ In early March, as still more storms dumped new snow onto California’s burgeoning snowpack, water managers, farmers and environmentalists gathered in Sacramento to discuss long-term challenges to secure a more...

⋅ BY TRACY COURAGE ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture The Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference has been educating Arkansas farmers and other agriculture professionals for a quarter of a century on how to use new technology and...

⋅ BY ROBERT NATHAN GREGORY ⋅ MSU Extension Service Time is running out to preregister for the 2022 Mississippi State University Row Crop Short Course. The course, scheduled for Dec. 5-7 at the Cotton Mill Conference Center in Starkville, is hosted by...

Water wells are a tricky business. From the moment a well is drilled, it’s generally designed to “run to failure” much akin to “planned obsolesce” on a cell phone. Even some well rehabilitation efforts often operate on the same...

Local Agencies Work Toward Sustainability • By Christine Souza • Farmers, water managers and government agencies agree: Groundwater sustainability is critical for California. But achieving it could bring significant changes to the state’s agricultural landscape, according to speakers at a recent Sacramento...