In an effort to increase water quantity and quality across central Minnesota, a cost-share program is offering producers ...

A recent study out of Texas A&M University focused on the practical applications of the global concern that potable water will become less and less accessible in the future. Melinda Knuth and her team ...

LOS ANGELES (CN) – Irrigation techniques promoted to farmers around the world as water-saving are actually increasing water usage, according to a new study. “The Paradox of Irrigation Efficiency,” ...

Tenth in a series republished with permission from the San Diego County Water Authority‘s website. Irrigation is an essential part of any good landscape design. It ensures plants and trees get the ...

What is the best type of irrigation? If you ask three different people you may well get three different answers. But I expect a lot of you are wondering about this as you look at your water bills and ...

Have you ever stared at your tiny garden on a blazing summer day, secretly wishing the plants could water themselves while ...

Pulsed irrigation, according to Michigan State University researcher Josh Vander Weide, improves growth, yield, and quality in blueberry plants — which is good news for water-deprived growers in not ...

An irrigation method uses 50 percent less water than traditional systems to grow potatoes – an important finding for the $131 million-a-year Florida crop. University of Florida Institute of Food and ...

The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...

Picture a farm or garden, and you're likely to imagine crops planted in rows. Run water between the rows and you have furrow irrigation, one of humanity's oldest methods used to grow food. It's still ...