The SDI system installed at the Husker Harvest Days site has a self-cleaning filtering system to keep fine sands out of the drip lines. Western Irrigation estimates that SDI, because of its efficiency ...
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 ...
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 ...
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)--Netafim USA, along with project partners Sustainable Conservation, De Jager Dairy, McRee Dairy and Western United Dairies, has received the 2020 U.S. Dairy ...
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 ...
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)--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 ...
Gary and Penny Robinson's Subsurface Drip Irrigation system is working well for Maniototo sharemilker, Luke Jeffries. Gary and Penny Robinson have received positive feedback on water use efficiency ...
The Nebraska Environmental Trust has approved a grant to construct a subsurface drip irrigation system that will used effluent from the UNL Panhandle Research Feedlot to water crops on plots near the ...