As climate patterns shift and water resources become increasingly precious, small-scale farmers face mounting pressure to optimize every drop. While typical conservation methods like drip irrigation ...

Water is a crucial resource for farmers and ranchers. Beyond keeping their crops, forage and livestock healthy and growing, the water used on the farm is also part of their families’ and communities’ ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said last week that farm-related irrigation is declining and a corresponding decline in the number of farms in Arkansas and nationwide lends weight to the agency's ...

GILBERT, AZ — Residents who operate small farms say back-to-back increases in water rates are causing them to pay triple what they once did to water their animals and crops. Melanie Winfield raises 16 ...

Editor’s note • This article is published through the Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air at Utah ...

Conservation of only 10 percent of water used for agriculture in the state would double the urban supply! Large corporate farms have socialized their main cost of production — water — and privatized ...

Editor’s note: This is the first story of a series about the proposed Nutrient Farm development. The second part will run in the Monday, Feb. 3 edition of the Post Independent. A proposed combination ...

In an era of escalating water-shortage concerns and shrinking resources, a provocative question looms: Is growing food in the desert a waste of water? For some, the sight of sprawling farmland in arid ...