The USDA released its "Western Water and Working Lands Framework for Conservation Action" that identifies challenges and strategies for the arid west.
Tag: agriculture
The costs of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and other operational costs may prove to be unsustainable for California farmers, who face huge economic challenges as commodity prices are at...
A bill aimed at making it more difficult to drill agricultural wells in California would have added hurdles to obtaining well drilling permits. Although it passed the senate, it was not brought up...
A looming decision about who will lose Colorado River water is likely to be painful, hurting agriculture the most.
Almost half of the United States is experiencing moderate drought or worse, with the West particularly hard hit. Most of the western U.S., including Southern Montana to northern Mexico and from the...
Hearing before Senate committee weighs food on drought scale
Looking for solutions, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the drought situation in the west, with witnesses expressing the urgency of the crisis that is affecting...