Crop irrigation — watering the plants that make our food — is one of the most intensive uses of water in the world. This year, at the United Nations 2023 Water Conference, the biggest water conference ...

The process is called freeze protection irrigation, also known as the latent heat of fusion.

In areas where freshwater is scarce, farmers often turn to treated wastewater to irrigate crops. And many regulators and ...

Harold Dueck sees cover crops as a necessity in his cotton fields to protect the fragile cotton seedlings from the harsh and unpredictable west Texas winds. But in the dry climate of Gaines County, he ...

Texas agriculture producers who rely on irrigation have a new tool created by Texas A&M AgriLife irrigation specialists to help them optimize water use as their crops progress through the growing ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Researchers with the Oregon State University College of Engineering are working to develop a technology that aims to make agriculture more economically and environmentally ...

With climate change, irrigating more crops in the United States will be critical to sustaining future yields, as drought conditions are likely to increase due to warmer temperatures and shifting ...

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 ...

Alex Paraskevas of SEDCOR addresses attendees at a talk April 4 in Independence, Ore., about the irrigation challenges facing hazelnut growers in the Willamette Valley. Definitive answers are still in ...

With threats of water scarcity complicating the need to feed a growing global population, it is more important than ever to get crop irrigation right. Overwatering can deplete local water supplies and ...

For many growers, grain sorghum fits best as an opportunistic crop—one that can take advantage of timely rainfall, keep input costs in check and improve the performance of other crops in the rotation.