Growers rely on pesticides, but they can be harmful if they escape the farm. Here are some ways to ensure you are a good steward and a good grower.

University of California’s Michael Cahn shares tested ways to protect local water ways from pesticides in your irrigation.

Improved groundwater and surface storage are needed, says letter from more than 100 organizations.

No grower wants to leave trees parched but starting too early in the season can lead to both root and crown diseases.

The lucky operations will share in $1.2 million to help improve resource conservation and prevent nutrient runoff.

Contrary to their older counterparts, young trees might actually benefit from a full serving of water, regardless of greening disease status.

Applications being accepted for conservation-based projects befitting of cost-share program funding.

Collecting and crunching data can make you more efficient and productive.

Research aims at encouraging growers to use alternatives to fresh groundwater.

Less water creates conflicts. The growers who can demonstrate they can conserve water and who build political relationships will be the most likely to succeed.

Growers in arid countries like Australia, Israel, and South Africa share what works for them.

Of course nuts need water — but a new research report says: Almond growers aren’t water wasters.

More agricultural projects singled out to divvy St. Johns River Water Management District funds for conservation, nutrient reduction.

For a variety of reasons, growers aren’t using fertigation to its potential. Here’s how you can overcome common obstacles on your own farm.

Wrongly maligned as water-wasters, almond growers can now avail themselves of new technology that warns of crop stress before it’s visible to the naked eye.

Agricultural water service contractors south of the Sacramento Delta are allocated 20% of their contract total; municipal and industrial water service contractors south of the Delta are allocated the greater of 70% of their historic use or public health and safety needs.

The time to act is now to correct an unsustainable path forward.