The imperative to optimise irrigation systems is driven by growing water scarcity and the need to enhance agricultural productivity amidst climate variability. Modern irrigation practices now ...

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, ...

Netafim North America’s Melissa Lilze talks the top five trends that will impact irrigators in the coming year.

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 ...

With threats of water scarcity complicating the need to feed a growing global population, it is more important than ever to get crop irrigation right. Overwatering can deplete local water supplies and ...

An irrigation pivot is seen in a demonstration Thursday at a cornfield farmed by Rob Sladek in Conesville. Sladek can remotely turn the system on and off and irrigates about 10 percent of his crops.

TAYLOR, Utah — The slow, steady drip of water hits right where the plant is. "You can see under here, it’s just a drip, drip, drip," farmer Matt Peterson said, picking up a line running under a row of ...

Verdi, which launched today at TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield, refers to its smart valve clusters as “swarms.” The term denotes the kind of high-density implementation the company is looking to roll ...

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 ...

Hooks said he can plant more crops and add other varieties such as corn, when more surface water is available to irrigate crops. "It's going to be good for everybody, and for us too," Hooks said about ...

A remote-controlled robotic irrigation system could soon be scaled up to help Rwandan farmers better cope with the effects of dry spells on their crops, according to Pierre Claver Ntigurirwa, an ...