Rice-growing experiment could cut water use by 50 percent

A massive farm in Central Valley, California, is teaming with Israeli water experts running the first ever experiment with drip irrigation for rice production in the U.S. All 17,000 acres of Conaway Ranch are owned by the “land baron” Tsakopoulos family, which developed most of suburban Sacramento, says The Sacramento Bee. Lundberg Farms, a leader in U.S. organic… » Read More

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