CLOVERDALE — On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape. In the distance, a massive metal pivot slowly circled the ground, ...

A team of scientists, including a professor from New Mexico State University, suggests in a recently published paper that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy ...

Modern irrigation systems have taken over old-world practices in many areas, but in Colorado's San Luis Valley, the tradition of acequia waterways is supporting communities and the environment. These ...

In his truck, as he makes his morning rounds of the Mesa County Irrigation District, Dave Voorhees checks a program on his computer tablet that shows him where each property lies, who owns it, and ...

Traditional flood irrigation is depleting groundwater and increasing soil salinity across the Gulf, endangering sustainable date palm farming, a senior Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) expert ...

Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the world. Parts of the region receive less than an inch of rain in an entire ...

Irrigating golf courses with precision and efficiency has always been important in golf course maintenance because it creates better playing conditions and healthier turf for all who enjoy the game.

The modern irrigation systems will be introduced in Azerbaijan to achieve high efficiency of agricultural production without wasting water, Chairman of the Agrarian Credit and Development Agency under ...

China is a water-stressed country: per capita water resources are about a quarter of the global average, or 2,100 cubic meters. This scarcity is more severe when the spatial distribution of water ...

The Ministry of Agriculture's Extension Programs Directorate organized a field day on modern irrigation techniques, targeting interested women and farmers in the southwestern governorate to enhance ...