From vegetables, fruits, proteins, and dairy… One ingredient is key to ensuring we have all parts of your well-balanced plate assembled at the dinner table: Water.
This valuable natural resource is needed to make our crops grow to be bountiful before they head directly to your plate, or are used for feeding livestock that eventually arrive in your fridge as a meat protein or dairy. Farmers understand the importance of water conservation, and are working daily to ensure it lasts for generations – keeping food on our grocery shelves.
Farmers conserve water in many ways to produce a fruitful crop: from varieties of plants that are drought-tolerant, to soil health, to advanced technologies to ensure its used timely and efficiently.
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its partners encourage farmers to “keep the stubble” on their harvested cropland fields and improve soil health during a special month long…
Catastrophic. This one word sums up the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Texas Gulf Coast. It’s still far too early to fully assess the impact of the storm that…
In 1920, one out of three Americans lived and worked on farms and ranches. Today, that’s about one out of 50. The change from a rural, agricultural nation to one…
One of the largest operating expenses for irrigation farmers is the energy required to operate irrigation pumping systems. A new technology is reaching up to 15 percent saving on energy…
