Articles Tagged with ''water''

The challenge of expanding and refining the use of artificial intelligence to resolve challenges in agriculture is drawing increased state and federal funding to researchers in the San Joaquin Valley.

PepsiCo, the company in charge of 23 food and beverage brands, announced Tuesday that it hopes to become “Net Water Positive” by 2030.

The bipartisan infrastructure agreement that the Senate is preparing to debate includes $8.3 billion in western water infrastructure funding sought by farm groups in the region that is suffering through an extended drought. 

The citrus industry in Texas is expected to lose hundreds of millions of dollars due to last week’s winter storm, but other sectors say it may take weeks before economic impacts are fully known.

Water is now being traded on the CME Group's new index, but some California water managers and market observers are less confident the futures contract will offer much benefit.

A water resources reauthorization bill nearing final congressional approval could accelerate the reconstruction of locks and dams and other waterway projects. 

The Department of Agriculture has announced $268 million in rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure grants and loans that are expected to impact about 267,000 residents.