The U.S. may face a future marked by diminished water availability, deteriorating crop yields and worsening droughts if ...

Water availability is fundamental to crop production, and in the last few years farmers have seen widely varying degrees of moisture available during the growing season – both too much and too little.

Winter had arrived, kicking off Yuma growers’ most important season for leafy greens. John Boelts, co-owner of Desert Premium Farms, had planted 80 acres of lettuce seedlings but lost 25 acres, nearly ...

Across the world, irrigation dominates freshwater consumption, accounting for 88% of all the freshwater consumed on a global scale. In the western United States, this is no different, as irrigated ...

KANSAS CITY — Adverse weather was taking a late-season swipe at US crops, ranging from sugar cane, corn, soybeans and spring wheat in the nation’s midsection to produce, nuts and other high-value ...

Overview: AI-driven precision farming enables real-time crop monitoring using data from sensors, satellites, and drones to ...

Western Kansas is running out of the water needed to fuel irrigated agriculture. Why is it so hard for farmers to switch to alternative crops? GRAY COUNTY, Kansas — In dry western Kansas, the sound of ...

Bringing into focus some of the California crop losses caused by the 2021 drought, Western Growers has released a series of videos called “No Water = No Crops.” The videos feature three California ...