Adrian Hunolt, a rancher who raises cattle near the Bear River in Wyoming, discusses the importance of flood irrigation to both his livelihood and wildlife habitat on Oct. 5, 2022. The Bear River is ...

CLOVERDALE — On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape. In the distance, a massive metal pivot slowly circled the ground, ...

High-tech watering gear keeps breaking down while clay pots just keep working.

Irrigation is essential for stabilizing yields in the High Plains as rainfall variability challenges farmers. Rainfall ranges from 10 inches in eastern Colorado and western Kansas to 60 inches in the ...

147: The river miles overseen by MRGCD. 1,200: The miles of drains, canals and levees in MRGCD’s system. 11,000: The number of irrigators served by MRGCD. 150,000: The population MRGCD serves with ...

A wetland system at risk Flood irrigation is one of the oldest and simplest forms of agriculture — farmers open their ditch gates and let gravity do most of the work. Hunolt begins flood irrigating in ...