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**Tina M Casey** @Casey@newsie.social · 5d

**Greg Cocks** @GregCocks@techhub.social · Mar 21

Greg Cocks @GregCocks@techhub.social

NASA’s New Satellite Could Change the Way We Farm Forever
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https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-new-satellite-could-change-the-way-we-farm-forever/ <-- shared technical article
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https://nisar.jpl.nasa.gov/ <-- shared NISCAR page
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https://youtu.be/ONHTazfGoiM?si=y2n0abh5B4UBAyuW <-- shared overview video
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Precision Agriculture at Scale | Mapping Crops with Advanced Radar | Cutting-Edge Techniques for Crop Identification | Enhancing Crop Forecasts with NISAR Data | Tracking Soil Moisture for Smarter Farming
#GIS #spatial #mapping #farming #agriculture #farmingintelligence #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience #satellite #earthobservation #remotesensing #policy #planning #management #efficiency #radar #planting #irrigation #waterresources #tools #resources #economics #costs #moisture #crops #AI #machinelearning #water #hydrology #NISAR
@nasa | @ISRO | @JPL

**Ron** @fstopnomad@pixelfed.social · Mar 17

Mar 17

Ron @fstopnomad@pixelfed.social

Winter's Stillness

#Irrigation #Field #Utah #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #WheelLine #BlackAndWhitePhotograhy #BW #Monochrome #Farm #Nikon #Winter #Snow

#snow

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Mar 7

Mar 7

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

The agency carried out #Trump’s directive, which came in the wake of catastrophic #wildfires in #LosAngelesCounty, on short notice on Jan 30, though it would normally require days to coordinate. A memo written 4 days after the release, obtained by The Post through a public records request, shows how federal ofcls rushed ahead w/the plan to release #irrigation #water despite objections from #California’s elected ofcls & local #farmers. #FactCheck #TrumpLies #Climate #ClimateCrisis #science #USpol

**BellingenNSW** @Bellingen@mastodon.au · Mar 4 *

Mar 4 *

BellingenNSW @Bellingen@mastodon.au

"Digging dams in sensitive environments"

"A commercial farming company (Green Leaf Australia Group) and one of its directors have together been fined close to $300,000, for constructing and using dams without approval and impacting a "nationally significant" freshwater wetland in northern New South Wales."

"...The court found that some of the offences involved removing vegetation and clearing land, which caused harm to the environment, including nationally significant freshwater wetlands listed as endangered ecological communities.

"It's not just the environmental harm but also the Aboriginal cultural harm that's occurred though this offending, which Magistrate Scott Nash described as 'reckless and motivated for financial gain,'" Ms Stockley said."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-05/300k-fine-for-green-leaf-farming-company-and-director-over-dam/105006882
#wetlands #ecosystems #water #biodiversity #Ramsar #conservation #NSW #MidNorthCoast #ClybuccaAboriginalArea #harm #landclearing #irrigation #FinancialGain #extractivism

ABC News · Mar 4Green Leaf Australia Group and director fined for illegal dams in wetlandBy Emma Siossian

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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · Feb 25

Feb 25

Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai

“If there's no funding," Bart Fisher, who sits on the board of the Palo Verde #Irrigation District in #California said, "there will be no #conservation."

#Farmers in Palo Verde use #ColoradoRiver #water to grow #cattle feed & #vegetables in the desert along the Arizona border. Fisher said they want to be active participants in protecting the river, but they stand to lose money if they use less water & grow fewer crops.

#USpol #Trump #Idiocracy

**Thomas Barrio** @homohortus@mastodon.social · Feb 20

Feb 20

Thomas Barrio @homohortus@mastodon.social

L’irrigation au Japon féodal – Solidarité et conflits dans les muras

Au Japon féodal, l'irrigation façonnait la vie rurale. Les muras (communautés agricoles) géraient collectivement l'eau, renforçant la solidarité mais créant aussi des conflits. Un exemple fascinant de comment la gestion des ressources naturelles influence les structures sociales. L'histoire se répète-t-elle aujourd'hui ? #Japon #Histoire #Agriculture #Irrigation #SociétéRurale L'histoire de…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/lirrigation-au-japon-feodal-solidarite-et-conflits-dans-les-muras/

Homo Hortus · Feb 20L’irrigation au Japon féodal – Solidarité et conflits dans les muras🌾💧 Au Japon féodal, l’irrigation façonnait la vie rurale. Les muras (communautés agricoles) géraient collectivement l’eau, renforçant la solidarité mais créant aussi des conflits. Un ex…

**Pottery by Osa** @potterybyosa@mastodon.social · Feb 7 *

Feb 7 *

Pottery by Osa @potterybyosa@mastodon.social

Olla update: I’ve had my #garden ollas in place for 2 weeks now and they are still half to 2/3 full of water. The seedlings around them have grown steadily. We’ve had light rain once in the last two weeks. The true test will be when temperatures start to soar, but so far this #irrigation method has been impressively easy & efficient. It’s wild to know that an #ancienttechnology can still be so useful and relevant. I love clay! #pottery #ceramics #keramik #permaculture #gardening #ollasbyosa

Two terracotta pots with lids. The one on the left is larger than the one on the right. They both are curved forms with a narrower neck decorated with textured rings. Each has a lid that features carved geometric pattern decoration. The background is plain, sage green.

A photo of the mouth of an olla that has been submerged in a garden bed. There are mulch and seedlings surrounding it. My hand holding the olla lid is in the foreground, slightly blurred.

**BellingenNSW** @Bellingen@mastodon.au · Jan 18

Jan 18

BellingenNSW @Bellingen@mastodon.au

Freshwater biodiversity and water extraction

Australia's waterbird populations almost halved in just one year.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-19/waterbird-population-almost-halved-survey/104814966
#birds #waterbirds #fish #wildlife #water #rivers #extraction #irrigation #dams #freshwater #biodiversity

ABC News · Jan 18Australia's waterbird populations almost halved in just one year, survey findsBy Shannon Pearce

**Alexander J. Stein** @AJStein_de@mastodon.world · Jan 8

Jan 8

Alexander J. Stein @AJStein_de@mastodon.world

The Great Salt Lake is shrinking as 62% of river #water bound for it is diverted for human use; 71% of the water is used for #agriculture, 80% of which for irrigating #alfalfa & hay to feed #cattle. Reducing #irrigation of #livestock feed is key to save the lake: https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/reducing-irrigation-livestock-feed-crops-needed-save-great-salt-lake-study-argues

Newsroom · Jan 7Reducing irrigation for livestock feed crops is needed to save Great Salt Lake, study argues | NewsroomCORVALLIS, Ore. – The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests reducing irrigation is necessary for saving it. The study published today in Environmental Challenges shows that 62% of the river water bound for the lake is diverted for human uses, with agricultural activities responsible for nearly three-quarters of that percentage.

**Alexander J. Stein** @AJStein_de@mastodon.world · Jan 7

Jan 7

Alexander J. Stein @AJStein_de@mastodon.world

Cooperative membership affects farms' productive performance little. #Cooperatives often provide access to improved #seeds or to harvesting & #irrigation technologies to members. #Training on how to combine production factors is less common but could benefit #farmers more: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12862