Intentional water stress—or “deficit irrigation”—is gaining attention among California tree nut growers as research continues to strengthen the argument for using less water at key poi... Read more
Longtime citrus growers have observed a frustrating trend over the past five years or so: increasingly common premature fruit drop. While a healthy orchard might drop between 10% and 15% of... Read more
Eagle View Farms is a family-owned dairy growing corn silage, hay and triticale for the dairy, and rotating around 400 acres of potatoes. Gary Schmidt manages approximately 80 center pivots ... Read more
We know a farmer who does not concern herself much with knowing how much or what kind of light falls on her crop. Her mushrooms are delicious! But any grower whose crop has green leaves care... Read more
RDI has begun its plan to transform the desert into verdant green lands. Along with the launch of RDI’s new hub in Abu Dhabi, numerous exhibition installations of RDI’s plant-re... Read more
Much has happened, since Responsive Drip Irrigation (RDI) won the “Best Innovation by a Startup” Award at the 2019 Global Forum for Innovation. A global pandemic has been reshapi... Read more
Pumping water for irrigation is perhaps the biggest consumer of energy on a farm. This has become a major concern for farmers affected by rapid increases in energy prices. With unpredictable... Read more
Modern growers have a very different attitude toward water than their grandfathers had. In the past, growers either grew crops that did not need irrigation, or they focused their attention o... Read more
Water covers approximately 72% of the Earth. With this massive resource comprising the majority of the Earth’s surface, then some would question, “Why panic about water scarcity?” Over mill... Read more
A disruptive new irrigation technology, based upon organic chemistry, is poised to rock the irrigation industry, forever changing the way the world irrigates. After more than a decade of re... Read more
