Colorado Bracing for Agricultural Losses
After a series of devastating floods that have destroyed roads and forced mass evacuations in several towns, Coloradans are bracing for another flood-related loss in their agricultural sector. For a…
Irrigation Increasingly Important to Midwest Farming
Irrigation systems have become more and more important across the drought-ravaged Midwest as farmers are looking for new techniques to grow crops in an increasingly hostile climate. Last summer’s record-breaking…
Farmers Want More Changes Than Just Words
The ownership of irrigation channels, such as lakes and rivers, is a constant debate across the country, especially as more and more states are being declared drought areas. In Idaho,…
2008 USDA Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey
The 2008 USDA Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey found that 54.9 million acres of farm and ranch land across the United States is irrigated. This has increased five percent since…