Colorado River water fills the furrows of a farm field in Blythe, Calif., where growers have been leaving some fields dry in exchange for cash payments to help conserve water. (Luis Sinco / Los ...

Carson Roberts is the state forage specialist with University of Missouri Extension. He said to increase profits and incentivize more supply, costs need to fall. “The low hanging fruit? Hay,” he said.

The results of a recent economic study of Grand County irrigators show that certain water conservation programs may be worth it for irrigators who grow hay – but not for those who grow cows. In 2020, ...

If you were trying to grow a water-intensive crop like hay for cattle, for instance, you probably wouldn't go to the middle of the desert in Arizona, a state experiencing a water crisis so bad, it's ...

Want more? Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered straight to your inbox. As rural Arizonans face the prospect of wells running dry, foreign firms are sucking up vast amounts ...

If you didn’t make hay, what could you do instead? Carson Roberts, Missouri extension state forage specialist, says the consensus in the beef industry is making your own hay is the cheapest way to ...

As the Colorado River snakes through the deserts of the Southwest United States, its water is diverted to cities, states, tribes and farmers along its course. Drought, climate change and growth have ...

Growing hay in Galveston County is nothing to sneeze at. The money to be made from raising high-quality hay as feed for livestock, particularly horses, and the tax advantages of using land for ...

FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KDVR) – The owners of Dreamcatchers Equine Rescue in Fountain had major setbacks following two rounds of severe weather that ruined portions of a pasture and flooded a field growing ...

The results of a recent economic study of Grand County irrigators show that certain water conservation programs may be worth it for irrigators who grow hay but not for those who grow cows. In 2020, a ...

The results of a recent economic study of Grand County irrigators show that certain water conservation programs may be worth it for irrigators who grow hay but not for those who grow cows. In 2020, a ...