About 80 percent of the diverted agricultural water ends up irrigating alfalfa and hay crops, according to Ripple. With the goal of helping stabilize the lake and bolstering its restoration ...

In the Upper Colorado River Basin, which includes Colorado, alfalfa irrigation uses double the ... it will take some pressure off the system and off rivers,” Hannah Holm, associate director ...

Despite the various steps lawmakers have taken in recent years to get more water to the Great Salt Lake, researchers say ...

To stabilize the lake and begin refilling it, the authors propose cutting human water consumption in the Great Salt Lake watershed by 35%, including a reduction in irrigated alfalfa production ...

Alfalfa sprouts ... like seed disinfection and testing of the water used for irrigation. Individuals with weakened immune ...

while reducing the number of cuttings on alfalfa farms, which would save more than 477,000 acre-feet annually. • Focusing just on split-season irrigation while increasing grass-hay fallowing ...