LOS BANOS Although underground irrigation is still a common way to water crops and fields, some farmers and landowners are moving to use surface irrigation amid one of the worst droughts in state ...

Many pumpkin patches won't look the same this year as drought conditions across the United States leave farmers with empty ...

TONOPAH, AZ — With a water shortage already an issue in Arizona, the Central Arizona Project (CAP) is looking for new ways to conserve water for farming, and it may have found one. CAP and others are ...

Growers must embrace innovation and adopt innovative irrigation solutions, such as smart irrigation, automation, and ...

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At De Jager Farms near Merced, drip irrigation is tested Wednesday on plots of corn to be fed to dairy cattle. The project involves NetafimUSA, which makes drip irrigation supplies and has a Fresno ...

TAYLOR, Utah — The slow, steady drip of water hits right where the plant is. "You can see under here, it’s just a drip, drip, drip," farmer Matt Peterson said, picking up a line running under a row of ...

RIVERDALE, Calif. — Last year, the federal government gave farmer Dan Errotabere half of the water it had awarded him the previous year to cultivate his 5,200 acres. But he still managed to reap a ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Experts and experienced farmers say the drip irrigation system should be promoted to irrigate large areas with minimal water, and they urge the government and aid agencies to raise ...

Democratic governments are, by their nature, slow-moving creatures — and that’s the way it should be. Social stability generally requires that change be evolutionary, not revolutionary, lest the ...

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): About 500 greenhouses have been equipped with the drip irrigation systems in northern Jawzjan province so far this year, with farmers saying their yields have increased manifold.

John Cardoza, a project manager with Sustainable Conservation, talks about the use of drip irrigation in dairy feed crops during a tour of DeJager Farms, southeast of Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug ...