Agriculture sucks a whopping 80 percent of the Colorado River’s water every year. The largest contributor to that massive amount of drainage is not commonly criticized culprits such as California ...

U.S. cattle inventory trends from 1981 to 2025, with herd size falling to 86.7 million. Daily, monthly, and annual production capacity for Sprouting Gear's vertical farming systems. Sprouting Gear ...

“WOW” WAS ALL I could say when I visited Dave and Beck Seibel’s home at Spirit Horse Ranch and saw their hydroponic fodder feeding system. When I got there, they were adding a mixture of barley and ...

Hydroponic barley fodder trays under LED grow lights during final-stage development in Sprouting Gear's vertical farming system. Cattle feed on fresh, nutrient-rich hydroponic barley fodder mats ...

Shunya Agritech, an animal nutrition platform, has signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Central Institute for Research on Goats (ICAR ...

This article is part of The Food Fight, a series that explores how the United Nations’ World Food Programme is using technology to battle food scarcity and put an end to hunger by 2030. A lush, green ...

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Lake Mead’s water levels have dropped drastically from near full in the 1980s to around 30% capacity in recent years, highlighting the ongoing water crisis in the U.S. Southwest. The U.S. Drought ...

The latest salvo in the battle between traditional organic farmers — who grow in nutrient-rich soil — and soil-free hydroponic operators centers on a prohibited weed-fighting chemical. Soil farmers ...