South Platte salinity is an unintended consequence of irrigated farming The increased salinity of the South Platte River represents a potential catastrophe to irrigated farming in the valley, but ...

Soluble salts tend to accumulate in putting greens during the summer and cause stress to sensitive turf species such as Poa annua and creeping bentgrass. This is especially true in the Southwest, ...

Winter had arrived, kicking off Yuma growers’ most important season for leafy greens. John Boelts, co-owner of Desert Premium Farms, had planted 80 acres of lettuce seedlings but lost 25 acres, nearly ...

Salinity is one of the most damaging agro-environmental problems limiting the growth and development of plants. A large network of canals which is under irrigation use is thought to be responsible for ...

Controlling river, soil salinity may mean hard choices for farmers Anyone who irrigates crops in the South Platte River Valley will tell you that farming on the lower reaches of the river is made ...

Effective rearing methods are needed to recover the federally endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle, Cicindela (Ellipsoptera) nevadica lincolniana Casey, a subspecies that occurs exclusively in saline ...

The increased salinity of the South Platte River represents a potential catastrophe to irrigated farming in the valley, but there are alternatives. And, like all solutions to potential disaster, ...