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Texas agricultural interests could once again suffer devastating water rationing limitations in 2013 if the water authority pushes for a way to satisfy all end users at a time when water supplies are short and water needs are growing....More

U.S. and Mexican commissioners of a binational agency that manages water crossing the border signed Minute 319, an amendment to the 1944 treaty that allocates Colorado River water to Mexico. This new agreement, for the first time ever, guarantees that some water will flow in the usually-dry Colorado River channel that marks the boundary between Baja California and Arizona....More

One of the largest agricultural water districts in California and a leading environmental organization have completed a joint study that shows how both interests can benefit from operating major storage reservoirs in conjunction with groundwater basins....More

Unfortunately, readers of the Wall Street Journal are more likely than not to believe what they read in an op-ed on alfalfa and water use written by a University of Arizona professor and an environmental attorney. It’s a problem that has troubled alfalfa for many years and CAFA has responded to refute misinformation....More

The bankruptcy of a California poultry producer is showing in detail how the Midwestern drought is still rippling through the U.S. economy....More

California is one of the driest states in the U.S., getting an average of just 22 inches of precipitation annually compared with more than 40 inches for states like Missouri and New York....More

One group of Rio Grande Valley famers in New Mexico has filed suit against the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Water District for what they claim was an illegal cut in their water allocations during recent dry times....More

“Water Policy in the West” will address strategies needed to meet projected demands for water, a resource that is now the focus of increasing international concern. UC Riverside is hosting a public symposium on Oct. 17 to examine the challenges that agriculture and other sectors are confronting in the face of increasing water scarcity and expected climate change....More

New farming techniques can hold a key to what farmers must do in the future: “producing more with less. It’s a global imperative.” Cotton fields are using a myriad of technological advances in California — infrared photography, weather stations, global positioning systems, soil sensors, remote monitoring and management of vast acreage from a smartphone or computer and broadband network....More

Yield gaps result from shortfalls in the crop growth environment that are not resolved by current agricultural management practices....More

Researchers are working to find out exactly how climate change will affect the millions of people who depend on the San Joaquin River for their drinking water, irrigation and food growth, and energy....More