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?

With robots doing everything from milking cows to crop dusting, farming has come a long way since they days of plodding along behind a horse and plow. Irrigation practices are also benefiting from ...

Agricultural irrigation is an energy intensive operation. Pressurized irrigation systems, especially center pivot sprinkler installations, use a high flow rate pump and require a large electric motor ...

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, ...

Plants need water, and people aren’t always around to provide it. I realized this fact when a wildfire engulfed my rural ...

Across all farmers, desire to invest in smart irrigation systems may not be high, but it depends upon who is asked. In fact, when Alpha Brown, an agriculture big-data analytics company, interviewed ...

Update: Scientists 'close to creating salt-tolerant crops' A British company has created an irrigation system that can grow crops using salt water. The dRHS irrigation system consists of a network of ...

Michigan growers can access free irrigation system evaluations through MSU Extension's new service to improve efficiency and ...