California farms could use 93% less water but less-thirsty crops, such as grains and hay, are much less lucrative than nuts and fruits.
We’re a big state with big challenges. Each morning we explain the top issues and how Californians are trying to solve them.Sprinklers irrigate a field in the Imperial County town of Holtville on Sept. 20, 2022. Photo by Aude Guerrucci, Reuters Fallowing a small fraction of the thirstiest crops would save 9%.
In a less-extreme scenario, the researchers reported that fallowing 5% of fields with the most water-intensive crops couldAnother 10 to 11% would be saved by increasing water efficiency or by switching half of growers from the thirstiest to more average crops, the researchers reported. “Forage crops and grains are lower water use but can also be grown in many areas of the country, whereas the specialty crops California grows can’t as easily,” said Alexandra Biering, senior policy advocate with the California Farm Bureau. “At the end of the day, as a society, we’ve left it up to farmers to decide what to grow with the resources they have, based on what the market demands.
Farmers in the southern Central Valley, such as Kern and Kings counties, were the most efficient, doing the most with the least water. Those in the lusher, northern valley and around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta were the least efficient; they have more abundant local supplies and they plant crops like rice that aren’t suited to drip irrigation. , a UC Merced associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, commended Boser’s detailed mapping.
Boser found that the usual suspects topped the list of the most water-intensive crops in California, including almonds and alfalfa as well as dates, kiwis and cotton. Grain and other hay crops, turf farms, wheat and sunflowers were among the thriftiest. Vineyards, pistachios, olives, plums, prunes and apricots were in the middle.
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