High Plains vegetable crops are being re-examined in a Texas A&M AgriLIfe Research Study to determine water saving alternatives to some cereal grain production. "Everybody knows we are generally water short in the Texas High Plains and can no longer meet 100 percent of all crop water needs," said Thomas Marek, AgriLife Research senior research engineer for irrigation water conservation and management in Amarillo.
PHYS.ORG Author Kay Ledbetter explains, “Marek said production changes, preferably to higher valued crops such as certain types of vegetables, may be a partial solution to sustaining future profitability for Texas High Plains' producers, particularly those within the northwestern area facing water shortages.”
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