LOGAN, Utah — Drip irrigation is a highly efficient irrigation method well suited to many fruit and vegetable row crops. Drip tubing or tape discharges water to the soil through emitters positioned ...

Drip irrigation delivers water directly to the roots of the plant, where it seeps slowly into the soil, keeping roots moist and avoiding wet foliage. Almost no water is lost through evaporation or ...

With a second year of below-normal rainfall, California is sliding into another drought cycle. Here in the north valley, total rainfall for the current Water Year (October 2020 through March 2021) ...

The best fertilizer may be the footsteps of the farmer, as the Chinese proverb says. But all of the fertilizer and shoe leather in the world won’t raise so much as a hill of beans without water. Just ...

Q. I'm considering changing the way I water my garden. Would drip irrigation be the way to go for a vegetable garden? A. Drip irrigation can be a good method of irrigating some vegetables. Drip ...

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 ...

Thanks to drip irrigation, the drought in the state seems to have barely affected the horticulture farmers in Coimbatore district.While horticulture cultivation in the district has come down only by 6 ...

Agriculture Minister Petre Daea in Bechet, Dolj County, on Saturday, launched the pilot programme for drip irrigation with energy independence for one-hectare crops of vegetables and potatoes, for ...

Cauliflower, broccoli, sweet pepper and many other nutritious vegetables used to be expensive in Mauritius. The island's climate and traditional agricultural practices were not suitable for ...