New research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is giving producers a way to reduce water usage while maintaining, or even improving, profitability.
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey surveys a patchwork U.S. water picture heading into spring, with California reservoirs brimming, Colorado River storage low and southern drought expanding.
Despite La Niña's end bringing wetter conditions to much of the U.S., western regions continue facing drought challenges with uneven rainfall distribution and reservoir storage...
Facing historically low reservoir storage and streamflows after a third consecutive year of drought, the Washington Department of Ecology will halt all surface water use...