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Some southeast Colorado farmers are joining forces in a "super ditch" company in hopes of negotiating better prices

Shareholders of six ditch companies have signed on for a “Super Ditch,” which will lease water under a rotational fallowing plan, and

A survey of South Platte River irrigators shows support for water leasing programs as an alternative to selling agricultural water to cities. “It’s amazing that wat

A $150,000 grant for a proposed land fallowing, water lease management program, known as “Super Ditch” got unanimous approval Wednesday from the Colorado Water Conservat

The average age of the farmer keeps climbing, and fewer young people are considering careers in agriculture.

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After all the economic and engineering studies are done, there’s one very important group of people who have to be convinced a Super Ditch is the way to keep water in the Arkansas Valley:&nbs

Water users in northern El Paso County are finalizing a plan to increase the efficiency of current water delivery systems, but down the road could be looking toward the Lower Arkansas Valley to mee

Despite numerous concerns, the Arkansas Basin Roundtable gave its blessing to a $150,000 state grant request to study a proposed Super Ditch that would allow farmers to lease water to cities.

The prospect of drying up another 72,000 acres of farmland in the Arkansas River basin is the driving force behind the study of a “Super Ditch” by the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conser