The greatest problem facing growers who use underground drip lines to irrigate alfalfa is the damage done by gophers and voles, according to a series of presenters at a subsurface drip irrigation ...
FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the face of record-setting drought conditions in California’s Central Valley, Netafim USA recently teamed up with the University of California, Davis’ College of ...
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 ...
FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As water issues put a spotlight on California’s alfalfa production, hundreds of growers and dairy farmers are expected to gather in Long Beach, CA, to share the forage ...
Underground drip irrigation combined with no-till practices are used next to a field with overhead irrigation at the University of California's West Side Research and Extension Center in Five Points, ...
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 ...
This year, a subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) system has been installed at the show site to irrigate a cornfield and part of the grass parking lot south of the exhibit area. Show Manager Matt Jungmann ...
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 ...
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 ...