12/28/2022 SOURCE: madison.com
Researchers studied stardust and found that the rate of soil erosion in the Midwest is 10 to 1,000 times greater than it was before modern agriculture practices.
Midwest soil is eroding faster than ever. Modern farming could be to blame.
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Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US, Water, Pest Control,
2022 Badger Crops and Soils Update Meeting
Achieving a Positive Return on Investment in an Era of High Input Costs (a.k.a Small steps, Big change) The annual UW Agronomy, Pest Management and Soil, Wat
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11/08/2022 SOURCE: www.reuters.com
More than 65% of Africa’s land is considered degraded, and the risk of further desertification grows by the day. Crops now wither in the once fertile fields of northern Ghana, as prolonged droughts dry up water courses, while the mountain forests of Kenya, known as its “water towers”, have been stripped back and denuded by agriculture and logging. In Sudan, the arid climate and poor irrigation mean that more than 500,000 hectares are now affected by salinisation.
Regenerative agriculture seen as answer to averting Africa's growing food crisis
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Agriculture US, Water, Trade (Commodities),
Low Mississippi River levels could cause $20B in losses - Brownfield Ag News
AccuWeather forecasts economic losses of $20 billion from the Mississippi River’s historically low water levels. Senior meteorologist Paul Pastelok tells Brownfield the low levels have caused barge traffic to come to a near standstill, and he doesn’t expect any significant change in the levels until early next year. “We do have a couple of events […]
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Topics: Agriculture US, Water,
Kansas officials criticized over plan to truck in 6,000 gallons of water from Missouri River
The project is meant to prove that large transfers of water could be a tool to help save the disappearing Ogallala Aquifer, which provides irrigation and drinking water to western Kansas. But other groundwater management officials say it’s a distraction from the far more urgent task of conservation.
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10/18/2022 SOURCE: www.coloradopolitics.com
PINAL COUNTY, ARIZ. • Colorado River basin water has transformed Nancy Caywood’s fields in the desert southwest of Phoenix into carpets of green cotton and alfalfa for generations. But in
Colorado River basin farms stunted by megadrought, as more sacrifice lies ahead
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10/08/2022 SOURCE: triblive.com
LUBBOCK, Texas — The cotton harvest is about to get underway in the Texas High Plains, the windswept region that grows most of the crop in the nation’s top cotton-producing state. But Barry Evans, like many others, has already walked away from more than 2,000 acres of his bone-dry fields.
Drought takes toll on U.S. cotton production
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09/25/2022 SOURCE: www.youtube.com
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09/24/2022 SOURCE: guyanachronicle.com
Irrigation brings higher yields yet at the same time producing food for a growing population increases pressure on water resources. Numerous droughts and
Optimising water use is key for agri-food systems - Guyana Chronicle
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