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 ...

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 ...

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

Building trust in food begins with empowering farmers through one of the largest and most diverse conservation- and sustainability-focused public-private partnerships in our nation’s history: ...

READINGTON TWP. -- While agriculture experts say that irrigation is the answer for farmers facing a dry season, providing water to crops can be expensive. Coming off of a low rain and high heat summer ...

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 ...

Human existence boils down to one brutal fact: however much food you have, it’s enough to last for the rest of your life. Finding your next meal has always been the central organizing fact of life, ...

The following check list has been collected from several well-seasoned irrigators and irrigation sale people. Irrigation water requirements - Is water available in the quantities needed to irrigate?

WE’LL HAVE MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN MY SEVEN WEATHER FORECAST, ASKING FARMERS TO LET THEIR CROPS DIE BUT GET PAID IN RETURN IN THE MIDDLE. RIO GRANDE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT IS TRYING TO EASE THEIR ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Late-planted grain crops may be reaching a critical stage of development just as the weather is turning drier, possibly meaning farmers will have to irrigate earlier than normal ...