An important new study finds that irrigated crop production accounts for 86 percent of all water consumed in the western US -- and of all the water used on western farms, by far the largest portion goes to cattle-feed crops such as alfalfa and grass hay. To alleviate the severe shortage of water in the region, study authors suggest rotational fallowing farmland could be a simple and affordable means of dramatically reducing water use in the region.
Fallowing cattle-feed farmland simplest way to alleviate western U.S. water shortage
- ScienceDaily
- 2. 3 2020 (17:34)