Surface irrigation remains a vital agricultural practice, combining tradition with modern analytical methods to address the global challenges of water scarcity and efficient water use. Recent ...

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 ...

The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...

Irrigation is a common agricultural/horticultural practice that uses a number of methods to add water to the soil in times of insufficient rain. Choosing the ...

Water trickles out of a tiny black plastic tube and flows onto a spot near a young banana plant. The set-up looks simple, but it works with precision. The tube delivers just the right amount of water, ...

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 ...

Picture a farm or garden, and you're likely to imagine crops planted in rows. Run water between the rows and you have furrow irrigation, one of humanity's oldest methods used to grow food. It's still ...