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.

drip irrigation is a modern and well-developed system for conserving water and reducing the cost of fertilisers, energy, labour and pesticides. Before this system of irrigation, sprinkler was the most ...

DRIP irrigation is a method of irrigating row crops and it helps efficient utilisation of water that is a key input for agriculture. Given poor efficiency of our canal system because of sizable water ...

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 ...

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 ...

Good watering is all-important to a good garden, and long, slow watering has many benefits. A soaker hose might seem like the ideal way to accomplish this watering. You lay the porous rubber hose on ...

Your garden and potted plants can really benefit from a drip irrigation system. These systems reduce the time you have to spend watering your plants, can help keep fragile plants properly watered on ...

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 ...

HASTY, Minn. - Irrigation is going underground. On Russ Martie's farm, at least. Martie installed 24 acres-worth of subsurface drip irrigation last year on two row crop fields that are part of his ...