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ALT Map of the state of Texas showing drought conditions improving especially in regions such as the Texas Panhandle, North Texas and Central Texas.
ALT Photo of a tractor in a field with blue box and text "Is It Worth It? Can regenerative agriculture profit more than conventional methods in the Southern Great Plains?"
ALT Photo of cotton field with text "The Harsh Reality" and blue box with text "The Ogallala Aquifer is a declining resource, and we need to study the economic viability of these regenerative practices that require less irrigation water and found out -- are these practices profitable for producers?" - Donna McCallister, Ph.D., Texas Tech University"
ALT Photo of green crop rows with blue box and text "Financial Facts Regenerative practices generated an average of 3-year gross margin of $30.61 per acre, compared to $2.82 for conventional dryland sorghum and -$.06 for conventional dryland wheat options."
ALT Image of a tractor in a field with text "The Economic Impact" and blue box "Any business or source of labor that is either directly or indirectly related to agricultural production can be affected by even small changes in management." -Bridget Guerrero, Ph.D., West Texas A&M IMPLAN modeling shows regenerative crop rotations and cover crops generate higher output and employment multipliers than conventional methods."
ALT Zahed and another attendee wearing yellow helmets with headlamps stand waist‑deep in murky water inside a dark cave, posing.
ALT A group of students kneeling on rocky ground around a measuring tape, comparing soil and rock samples to color/grain charts and taking notes during a field geology/ecology survey.
ALT A large rock formation in the cave.
ALT A table set up with a rainfall demonstration outside.
ALT Arroyo Colorado Cleanup volunteers gather during a cleanup event
ALT Arroyo Colorado Cleanup volunteers gather during a cleanup event
ALT Bags of trash collected from the Arroyo
ALT Arroyo Colorado Cleanup volunteers gather during a cleanup event
ALT Two framed professional headshots placed side-by-side over a calm ocean background. Hadi Bazrkar on the left and Carlos Vela Garcia on the right.
ALT Magazine cover titled "txH2O" with headline "REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE" over a green crop field and plowed rows, asking whether cover crops, no‑till, and livestock grazing can be profitable in the Southern Great Plains.
ALT Graphic with photo of green crop field under blue sky. Arroyo Colorado logo in the top right corner. Bold white text reads "Free Soil Testing for Ag Producers in the Arroyo Colorado Watershed, Free soil testing is available now - March 31." at bottom of the screen. Below is link tx.ag/ArroyoSoil
ALT Attendees outdoors, learning about turfgrass, at the 2026 Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas.
ALT Dr. Ambika Chandra and Dr. Giovanni Piccinni, outdoors at the field day.
ALT Research poster presentations outdoors at the 2026 Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas.
ALT Attendees outdoors, learning about turfgrass, at the 2026 Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas.
ALT Educators seated at a table sorting small flashcards and worksheets together, with a notebook, pens, a phone, and a drink cup on the table.
ALT Presenter holds a large freshwater mussel shell while lecturing to seated attendees; a slide titled "Freshwater Mussels" summarizes their filter-feeding, fish-host life cycle, role as benthic habitat, and endangered status.
ALT Woman presenting a projected map titled "Local Example: BCWPP" to seated attendees in a small conference room, with participants facing the screen and taking notes at tables.
ALT A cow drinks from a concrete trough while a young man operates a hand pump to supply water in a dry rural field.
ALT A map of the state of Texas show casing the severity of drought in different parts of the state.
ALT Headshots of new staff members: Hillary Alamene, Karen Hubbard, Anamika Das Konaz, and Emmannuel Okolo.
ALT Map of the state of Texas showing severity of drought across different counties.
