Furrow irrigation, in this way, becomes a guardian of the very foundation upon which successful crops thrive. Weed and Pest Management In the eternal battle against invasive forces, furrow irrigation ...

A recent test has shown that drip irrigation is more efficient than furrow irrigation when growing sugar beets. In California, sugar beets are mostly grown only in the low-desert region of the ...

Furrow-irrigated rice has been gaining ground, increasing from less than 1% to 10% of total rice acreage in Arkansas in the past five years. A new handbook from the University of Arkansas System ...

The subsurface drip irrigation systems that have enhanced water use efficiency and increased yields in processing tomatoes may also have long-term effects on soil life that are worth monitoring.

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers are steadily improving water conservation tactics. They can now grow rice with about half the irrigation water used in levee rice systems. Chris ...

Deep in his almond grove, Madera County almond farmer Tom Rogers reviews his irrigation data on his tablet, next to a device measuring temperature and humidity. A soil moisture sensor, seen near ...