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 ...
“If it don’t rain, it don’t matter!” was an often repeated catchphrase of agronomist Dr. John Baldwin. It simply meant that no matter how successful a dryland farmer was in implementing best ...
Sustainable Conservation, an environmental group recognized for its on-farm groundwater recharge projects, has released a report that bolsters support for a new tool for dairies. Applying liquid ...
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 irrigation was able to produce up to four bales of cotton per acre with less water than conventional irrigation methods, according to researchers. Subsurface drip irrigation was able ...
The subsurface drip irrigation systems that have enhanced water use efficiency and increased yields in processing tomatoes may also have long-term effects on soil life that are worth monitoring.
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 ...
HANLEY FALLS -- Irrigation can make economic sense for many corn farmers in Minnesota, but it is not known if a more costly investment in subsurface irrigation can produce the yields to justify the ...
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 ...
FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the face of stricter environmental regulations, California dairy farmers are now able to apply for NRCS cost-sharing grants to implement Netafim’s innovative ...
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 ...
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 ...