“We have less and less people wanting to farm, but more and more food we need to produce,” Cabot said. Many Colorado ranchers and farmers use flood and ditch irrigation methods to water their crops.

The two most common forms that provide the vast majority of the irrigation in the valley are flood irrigation and overhead irrigation ... “And a second benefit is it’s easier to farm; it’s much easier ...

Andy Alfaro aalfaro@modbee.com Wednesday’s visitors watched as Gemperle cranked a valve ... a Turlock Irrigation District canal to flood an almond orchard at the Gemperle family farm near ...

Pine Flat Reservoir provided irrigation water to his family’s farm and others like it, helping keep crops alive and communities thriving. Jake describes the Central Valley as distinctly ...