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 ...

The purpose of irrigation systems is obvious: Plants need water, and people aren’t always around to provide it. I realized this fact when a wildfire engulfed my rural California neighborhood in August ...

Automation-Driven Irrigation Expansion Accelerates Precision Agriculture Across High-Growth Economies NEWARK, DELAWARE / ...

Dripping faucets indoors is one of the first things on a to-do list when it comes to preparing for a freeze, but what about outdoor watering systems?

With declining Ogallala Aquifer levels and rising input costs, efficient irrigation is more critical than ever for Kansas farmers. Since 1989, irrigated acres in western Kansas have dropped by nearly ...

Drip irrigation applies water through small holes called emitters in a network of hoses or pipes rather than through broadcasting sprinklers or hoses. It delivers the water more closely to the root ...

Irrigation from river water supports 25% of global food production. The first complex societies arose in river valleys – from the Nile to the Indus to the Yangtze to the Tigris and Euphrates. Why did ...

A project will provide grants and technical support to farmers across central Minnesota, helping them upgrade irrigation systems, improve nitrogen management, and protect groundwater resources. An ...

The Dujiangyan irrigation system in Southwest China's Sichuan Province is the world's only ancient irrigation project still in operation today, and also one of the earliest successful practices of ...