University of Nevada, Reno helps farmers in nation’s driest state meet water challenges
A doctoral student and his professor at the University of Nevada, Reno spend long hours at their computers, using highly sophisticated satellite data to create a map of the underground water resources in Nevada. … [A] specialist with the University’s Extension unit supports alfalfa farmers with new practices that use less water. … It’s all part of efforts by researchers, students and outreach specialists with the University’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources to help the driest state in the nation … by focusing on the discovery and implementation of practices that ensure the best-possible uses of Nevada’s limited water resources.
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