Thanks to Shawn Whiteman, son of our volunteer Cheryl A. Whiteman, for helping to repair some of our equipments used for daily operations. Shawn is owner of Create-A-Scape L.L.C., a Phoenix, AZ, based company offering custom design landscape, waterfalls, irrigation systems, etc.

Thanks for this financial support for our research on digital and precision agriculture.

Since April, hydrological conditions across the Colorado River Basin have continued to deteriorate sharply. A number of worst-case scenarios became reality more quickly than expected. Learn about West Slope drought response from our Senior Engineers: bit.ly/37A1aeE

Findings from the latest #IPCC #ClimateReport: Changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years, and some of the changes are irreversible. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/WGICC2021

Now if we can just figure out how to plant seedlings as fast

#WaterJob Alert! Western Colorado Research Center - Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialists! Find further details on our job board here watercenter.colostate.edu/jobboard/

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialists! Find further details on our job board here jobs.colostate.edu/postings/97992 WAAESD

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialists! Find further details on our job board here jobs.colostate.edu/postings/97992 Ag Experiment Stn

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialist! Find further details on our job board here jobs.colostate.edu/postings/97992 @UArizonaCALS

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialist! Find further details on our job board here jobs.colostate.edu/postings/97992 K-State Agronomy K-State College of Agriculture K-State Ag Research

WCRC-Grand Valley is looking for an Irrigated Cropping Systems Specialist! Find further details on our job board here jobs.colostate.edu/postings/97992 @utahstate_ag

Introducing Amanda McQuade, working out of Western Colorado Research Center in Orchard Mesa she is running the Community Alliance for Education and Hunger Relief program-comprised of farm to food bank and farm to school direct food donations. #hungerrelief #agricultureeducation

Another great team member-Retta Bruegger, Regional Extension Specialist in the Western Region for Range Management, working in the fields on a project designed to assess the efficacy of compost as alternative to synthetic fertilizer. #compost #agricultureresearch

Powerful article by Jerd Smith at Water Education Colorado and Water '22, illustrating the forthcoming need for innovative solutions and collaborative work in Colorado and our neighboring basin states. watereducationcolorado.org/fresh-water-ne…

Amazing improvement on hay yields this year, overseen by Farm Manager James Fry-thank you! Last year at first cutting, this facility put up 10 T of hay, consisting of 27 (3x3) bales. Compare that with this year's first cut, which saw over 75 T in 85 (4x4) bales at average 195 RFV

Introducing Bill Szasz, one of our incredibly helpful research assistants at the station! New to the team in May, Bill assists with the carrying out of farm operations including watering, tillage, fertilizing, and weed control. His favorite running project to work on is our SSDI.