Episode 120: Conserving Water, Sustaining Agriculture with Samantha Borgstedt

In this episode of Conservation Stories, Tillery sits down with Samantha Borgstedt, Project Director of the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation at Texas Tech University, to discuss the future of agriculture and water conservation in West Texas. Samantha shares how the producer-led program has spent 20 years helping farmers make smarter irrigation decisions through real-world research, soil moisture monitoring, and emerging technologies. They explore the challenges of declining groundwater, the importance of balancing conservation with profitability, and the potential for treated produced water to support agriculture in the Permian Basin. It's a conversation about innovation, collaboration, and keeping West Texas agriculture sustainable for generations to come.