TIFTON — Drip irrigation systems have long helped Georgia vegetable farmers grow high yielding crops. A University of Georgia Cooperative Extension expert says sub-surface drip irrigation can help ...

This week, the question comes from yours truly (i.e., Dr. Marisa Thompson, regular writer of this column). I’ve heard about subsurface drip as an improved way to irrigate turfgrass, so I invited NMSU ...

“Subsurface drip can be very efficient, if it is managed properly, so really the key to subsurface drip is that we are not wetting the soil surface in applying the water, so we don’t lose water to ...

Efficient water use is important to superintendents. Precisely irrigating small or isolated tees is challenging with traditional sprinklers. New Mexico State University scientists evaluated four ...

FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Netafim USA, along with project partners Sustainable Conservation, De Jager Dairy, McRee Dairy and Western United Dairies, has received the 2020 U.S. Dairy ...

You won’t find grass growing under 81-year-old Russel Winter’s feet. While many farmers his age are retired, Winter still likes to lead the way in trying new farming technology and methods. During a ...

K S Gopal, 64, who runs an NGO called SWAR - System of Water for Agriculture Rejuvenation - has come out with a unique farm watering system. "It is not surface-centric as the idea here is not to just ...

IN case of irrigation water shortage, every drop counts. Various methods can be used to economise on water use, one among them is the drip irrigation, which is the most efficient system. Modern drip ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—In the back of almost every farm truck you are likely to find a pair of muddy irrigating boots. Stepping in the mud to shovel and ...

Researchers affiliated with the University of Hohenheim’s Institute of Crop Science conducted a study of the effects of subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) on cannabis cultivation. The study published in ...

A recent test has shown that drip irrigation is more efficient than furrow irrigation when growing sugar beets. In California, sugar beets are mostly grown only in the low-desert region of the ...