Low-cost sensor system could warn farmers of salt stress in plants

Soil salinity is a critical concern in agriculture when excessive soluble salts restrict a plant's water uptake, according to ...
AZ Central

Keeping salt out of crops requires more water. A new app can help farmers decide how much

Winter had arrived, kicking off Yuma growers’ most important season for leafy greens. John Boelts, co-owner of Desert Premium Farms, had planted 80 acres of lettuce seedlings but lost 25 acres, nearly ...
Phys.org

Great Salt Lake on path to hyper-salinity, mirroring Iranian lake, new research shows

Starved for freshwater, the Great Salt Lake is getting saltier. The lake is losing sources of freshwater input to agriculture, urban growth and drought, and the drawdown is causing salt concentrations ...
KSL

Utah raises Great Salt Lake berm in effort to stop salinity levels from harming ecosystem

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KUTV

Record salinity levels forces Great Salt Lake Causeway Berm to be raised 4 feet

Residents argue against costly U.S. 40 bypass route through Heber Valley The potential U.S. 40 bypass project carries a price tag of hundreds of millions of dollars.The Utah Department of ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

South Platte salinity is an unintended consequence of irrigated farming

Controlling river, soil salinity may mean hard choices for farmers Anyone who irrigates crops in the South Platte River Valley will tell you that farming on the lower reaches of the river is made ...
KSL

The gap between the Great Salt Lake's arms is closing. What does that mean for salinity?

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