LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – At the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, experts are addressing water security issues, specifically in agriculture. <\/p>\n
Clint Krehbiel, Dean of the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas Tech, said this area is a great location to host a summit such as this one, the Agriculture Water Sustainability Summit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWest Texas is one of the very, very important regions relative to food and fiber security,\u201d Krehbiel said. \u201cOf course the largest cotton patch here in the world in West Texas in terms of total number of acres. Think about the beef cattle we produce and the dairy industry and the growth within the dairy industry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Krehbiel said the summit comes at a time where solutions need to be worked on, especially with the Ogallala Aquifer, which Lubbock sits on, depleting year after year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThinking about cropping systems that are more water secure and all the research we\u2019re doing around genetics and genomics to make cotton more heat tolerant and require less water,\u201d Krehbiel said. \u201cThen, cropping systems like the increase in grain sorghum for both silage and for starch production, for grain production, feed production.\u201d <\/p>\n
Texas Senator Charles Perry spoke on Tuesday about what\u2019s being done on the legislative side of things, including Senate Bill 7, which he authored and goes through the oversight and financing of water infrastructure.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just about what\u2019s being done here in Texas, it\u2019s about global efforts, too, with members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark joining the summit on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think about regions of the world that have very similar grand challenges to west Texas,\u201d Krehbiel said, \u201cand so again working together and bringing people that have experienced it, that have grown and evolved in a way that\u2019s been successful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Krehbiel said water sustainability is not a challenge that\u2019s going to be fixed overnight, but these collaborations will go a long way in preserving the water supply.<\/p>\n
\u201cTalk about these issues, create new technologies, research scientific discoveries, engineering technologies that again help us solve these issues for the people of West Texas and beyond,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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