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Researchers have calculated that large portions of California’s irrigated cropland will need to be permanently left dry in the coming years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The property features three creeks that “meander through the ranch for over five miles,” as well as irrigated meadows and “historic water rights irrigating 1,200 acres.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

It has argued that just a 2% reduction in the amount of water it gets from the Nile could result in the loss of 200,000 acres of irrigated land.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

Other scenarios simulate idling irrigated farmland, reducing pumping in areas where groundwater levels are forecast to decrease the most, setting limits on how much groundwater can be pumped and curtailing junior water rights.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Even the wholesale transformation seen in places like Peru, where irrigated terraces cover huge areas, were exceptionally well done.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann