Agri View: Weather Damage Costly

DanAgri View, Weather

…shift in this storminess and heating, which affects one of the main circulations of the atmosphere, the Hadley circulation. The Hadley circulation features air rising near the equator and traveling…

State Water Project Allocations Doubled

Taylor HillmanDrought, Water

…getting no deliveries for two consecutive years. No crops were planted on more than half a million acre-feet of California farmland last year. Collectively, the SWP Contractors serve approximately 25…

Drought Beer

DanDrought, Features, This Land of Ours

…better heat tolerance than traditional European-style aroma hops. But last summer, Washington’s Yakima Basin—one of the most productive hops-growing regions in the world—saw unusually warm temperatures and intensifying dry conditions….

Agri View: GMO Production

DanAgri View, General, Technology

…and non-GM corn and soybeans. (We don’t actually use the term “GM” or “GMO” since all domesticated crops have been genetically modified, but am using the acronym for the sake…

Agri View: Women and Modern Agriculture

DanAgri View, General

…livestock production at subsistence and commercial levels. They produce food and cash crops and manage mixed agricultural operations often involving crops, livestock and fish farming. Some researchers note that agricultural…