content: <html>
  <head>
  <title></title>
  <!--Licensed to: Cadiz Inc.
      Document created using EDGARfilings PROfile 4.2.2.0
      Copyright 1995 - 2017 Summit Financial Printing, LLC.  All rights reserved.-->
  </head>
  <body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
  <div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
  <hr style="BORDER-TOP: black 4px solid; HEIGHT: 10px; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" align="center">
   Securities and Exchange Commission</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Form 8&#8209;K</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Current Report</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">October 16, 2017</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Cadiz Inc.</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Delaware</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&#160;</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">
  <table id="z7baee0d624d949e3a226fb8e59b3a460" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WIDTH: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">0-12114</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">77-0313235</div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Commission File Number)</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div>&#160;</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div>&#160;</div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">550 South Hope Street, Suite 2850, Los Angeles</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">90071</div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Zip Code)</div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&#160;</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (213) 271-1600</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#9744; Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#9744; Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt">&#9744; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt">&#9744; Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</div>
  
  <div>
  <hr style="BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 10px; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px solid; COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto" align="center">
  <br>
  </div>
  
  <div id="DSPFPageBreakArea" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; CLEAR: both; MARGIN-TOP: 10pt">
  <div id="DSPFPageBreak" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">&#160;</div>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Other Events</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">On October 16, 2017, Cadiz Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that that the United States Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") has issued a letter ("BLM Letter") to the Company finding that the Cadiz Water Project's proposed use of the existing Arizona &amp; California Railroad ("ARZC") Company's right-of-way to construct a pipeline and related railroad improvements "furthers railroad purposes" and concluding that the Project is within the scope of the original right-of-way grant.&#160; The BLM Letter also formally rescinds the agency's controversial and widely criticized October 2015 evaluation of the Project's proposed ARZC right-of-way.&#160; Following receipt of the BLM Letter, no further federal permits or authorizations are required for Project construction within the ARZC railroad right-of-way.</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. A copy of the BLM Letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.</div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statement and Exhibits</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d)&#160;&#160;Exhibits</div>
  
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
  
  <table id="z365e4da88d80407e903a9f3064d51f71" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WIDTH: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 8.65%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 9.62%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" colspan="2">
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">99.1</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 81.73%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="exh99-1.htm">Press release, dated October 16, 2017</a></div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 8.65%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">&#160;</td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 9.62%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" colspan="2">
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">99.2</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 81.73%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">
  <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="exh99-2.htm">Letter from US Bureau of Land Management to Scott Slater, Cadiz Inc.</a></div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div id="DSPFPageBreakArea" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10pt; CLEAR: both; MARGIN-TOP: 10pt">
  <div id="DSPFPageBreak" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always">&#160;</div>
  </div>
  
  <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br>
  <font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">SIGNATURES</font></div>
  
  <div><br>
  </div>
  
  <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</div>
  
  <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 18pt">
  <table id="z353edc1e0ba0492096a7057580c81ece" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; WIDTH: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
  <tr style="HEIGHT: 17px">
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div>&#160;</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%" colspan="2">
  <div>Cadiz Inc.</div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div>&#160;</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%" colspan="2">
  <div>&#160;</div>
  </td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">
  <div>&#160;</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 3.84%">
  <div>By:</div>
  </td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 46.21%"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal"><u>/s/ Timothy J. Shaheen</u></font>&#160;</td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">&#160;</td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 3.84%">&#160;</td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 46.21%">Timothy J. Shaheen&#160;</td>
  </tr>
  
  <tr>
  <td style="WIDTH: 50%">&#160;</td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 3.84%">&#160;</td>
  <td style="WIDTH: 46.21%">Chief Financial Officer&#160;</td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  </div>
  
  <div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 18pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Dated:&#160; October 16, 2017</div>
  
  <br>
  </div>
  </body>
  </html>
metadata_documents: [{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "filename": "form8k_oct2017.htm", "description": "FORM 8-K", "secsgml_size_bytes": 10867}]
metadata_filer: {"company-data": {"conformed-name": "CADIZ INC", "cik": "0000727273", "assigned-sic": "4941", "irs-number": "770313235", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "000-12114", "film-number": "171137693"}, "business-address": {"street1": "550 SOUTH HOPE STREET", "street2": "SUITE 2850", "city": "LOS ANGELES", "state": "CA", "zip": "90071", "phone": "213-271-1600"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "550 SOUTH HOPE STREET", "street2": "SUITE 2850", "city": "LOS ANGELES", "state": "CA", "zip": "90071"}, "former-company": [{"former-conformed-name": "CADIZ LAND CO INC", "date-changed": "19920703"}, {"former-conformed-name": "PACIFIC AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS INC", "date-changed": "19920602"}, {"former-conformed-name": "ARIDTECH INC", "date-changed": "19880523"}]}
text: Securities and Exchange Commission
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  Form 8‑K
  Current Report
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  October 16, 2017
  Cadiz Inc.
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  0-12114
  77-0313235
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  550 South Hope Street, Suite 2850, Los Angeles
  90071
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (213) 271-1600
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
  ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 8.01     Other Events
  On October 16, 2017, Cadiz Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that that the United States Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") has issued a letter ("BLM Letter") to the Company finding that the Cadiz Water Project's proposed use of the existing Arizona & California Railroad ("ARZC") Company's right-of-way to construct a pipeline and related railroad improvements "furthers railroad purposes" and concluding that the Project is within the scope of the original right-of-way grant.  The BLM Letter also formally rescinds the agency's controversial and widely criticized October 2015 evaluation of the Project's proposed ARZC right-of-way.  Following receipt of the BLM Letter, no further federal permits or authorizations are required for Project construction within the ARZC railroad right-of-way.
  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. A copy of the BLM Letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.
  Item 9.01         Financial Statement and Exhibits
  (d)  Exhibits
  99.1
  Press release, dated October 16, 2017
  99.2
  Letter from US Bureau of Land Management to Scott Slater, Cadiz Inc.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  Cadiz Inc.
  By:
  /s/ Timothy J. Shaheen
  Timothy J. Shaheen
  Chief Financial Officer
  Dated:  October 16, 2017