Variable speed drives are transforming modern irrigation by shifting control from valves to pump speed. Instead of running motors at full capacity and throttling flow, the drives adjust motor speed to ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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When the first big rains of the season arrive in Marin County, we all know it’s time to adjust our outdoor watering routines for the cooler months. While it might be tempting to turn off your ...

CAVALIER, N.D. -- Robert Vivatson smiles at the memory of his initial foray into irrigation in the mid 1990s. "We had a traveling gun (wheeled cart with attached sprinkler) and 40 acres of irrigated ...

Safdar Niazi Shahraki said: “Science and technology are the infrastructure for economic development, including in the agricultural sector. If we cannot benefit from this technology, we cannot succeed ...

BOISE-- Could farmers prevent harm to the Boise river by upgrading their irrigation equipment? Is there a way to make that upgrade affordable? A group of local researchers hopes to answer all of those ...