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How WOTUS Affects Farmers and Ranchers 

Trimble Agriculture

Farmers and ranchers know more than most how diverted surface water and wetlands provide important functions to ecosystems and agricultural uses that cannot be understated. All living things require water for growth and sustainability. Planted crops, whether annual or permanent, are no exception. agriculture industry.

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Farming in Dry Places: Investors Continue to Speculate on Colorado Water

Civil Eats

The investors are behind Renewable Water Resources (RWR), a company that failed a year ago to obtain $10 million in pandemic-relief funds from Douglas County, located south of Denver and one of the nation’s wealthiest counties. billion in output in 2019. That wouldn’t be the norm for most years,” he added.

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

For example, increasing aridity in the Southwest and increasingly wet conditions throughout the northeast regions of the country–from the Midwest through New England–are likely to challenge crop and livestock production. from NCA5 Higher temperatures can stress both crops and livestock. will leave the area increasingly vulnerable.