California drought

The West Coast/California drought has finally ended, with Gov. Jerry Brown lifting the drought emergency in most parts of California, barring a few San Joaquin Valley counties. Does this mark the all clear for investors in the agriculture sector? Not necessarily. Let's take a look at performance of...

While marijuana and marijuana-laced products have fantastical monikers like "magic brownies" and "magic dragons," the extraordinary capabilities of cannabis are often limited to claims of alleviated stress and pain reception. However, a pair of articles has now offered two...

California's severe drought is dragging through its fourth year, leaving the state to continue finding ways to cut back on water usage. Many of California's biggest businesses have been hard hit by the shortage, but other firms are using the crisis as an opportunity. Agriculture Water usage in...

In California, water has become scarce and residents have begun cutting back on their usage in order to conserve the resource and end a four-year drought. However, while most look to shorter showers and strategic plant watering in order to cut down on waste, another industry has been under the...

A crisis is a problem with a lot at stake but it can also be an opportunity, one in which will benefit select investors. California's drought and water restrictions could boost the revenue of a few companies, including one TSX Venture-listed name. All of this is going to come at a cost. However,...

As the severe drought in California enters its third summer, economic pressures on the state have never been higher. According to meteorologists, the drought may be the worst the region has experienced in 1,200 years, and cities and towns are being forced to cut water usage by 25 percent in...

Whether one calls it desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation, they all mean the same thing: removing salt from salt water, in order to produce fresh water for consumption or irrigation. The important fact though is the fact that this process is becoming more important in California and...

California's severe and ongoing drought is expected to deal “a severe blow” to the state's irrigated agriculture and farm communities this year – the economic impact of which is expected to be felt across the nation. A new study by the University of California Davis' Center for Watershed...