RIVERDALE, Calif. — Last year, the federal government gave farmer Dan Errotabere half of the water it had awarded him the previous year to cultivate his 5,200 acres. But he still managed to reap a ...

I love drip irrigation. I get such satisfaction from seeing the orderly lines of drip tubing in my gardens, emitting precisely measured drops of water onto plant roots. These commonplace scenes make ...

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JAMIESON, Ore. — Corey Maag’s mid-1990s shift to drip irrigation made him an early adopter of the method now common in the sizable southeast Oregon/southwest Idaho onion growing region. “We kind of ...

After working on farms around the world, Sean Coronis had seen his fair share of “drip tape,” the plastic tubing used for irrigation in most large farms. Drip tape, also referred to as “t-tape” or ...

Healthy and in-demand fruits such as the high-margin 'green gold' avocado, primarily grown in South and Central America, are among the least tenable and environmentally-friendly crops. According to a ...

What if farmers could use half the water than they are now without sacrificing crop yield? Arizona would be a different place. There are roughly 946,000 acres of farmland in the state, according to ...