The Biden administration will pay farmers in the Western U.S. to save water as the ... The Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it will invest up to $400 million in paying farmers in ...

The Agriculture Department is launching a $400 million effort with 18 irrigation districts to pay Western farmers to cut back on water use, so long as they promise to keep farming.

The Biden administration will spend up to $400 million to pay farmers in Western irrigation districts to conserve water, the Agriculture Department said Thursday.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - On Aug. 1, The United States Department of Agriculture and the Biden-Harris Administration announced they will invest $400 million to address drought concerns. The ...

Each district will receive up to $15 million in awards, which will then make sub-agreements to pay farmers for voluntarily reducing their water consumption while maintaining their production, it said.

Irrigation districts in Central Arizona could receive up to $15 million in federal grants to save water while keeping farmland active. The U.S. Department of Agriculture designated Central Arizona ...

The Colorado River is a tremendous source of freshwater in the western U.S. The river provides water to more than 40 million people in the U.S. and northwestern Mexico, and it generates ...