By Robert Burns, Texas A&M University
Tests of "smart" irrigation controllers found most of the devices currently on the market were not as smart as hoped, said Texas AgriLife Extension Service irrigation experts....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Improving irrigation efficiency for agriculture will be the crucial challenge for the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center as it begins its second century of service to West Texas farmers and ranchers, citizens and industries....
The Texas Agri-Life Research Center at Halfway, Texas, will host a subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) field day August 25th....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
David Pearson was trying to finish planting 3,400 acres of cotton in early June, hoping for a rain to give his dryland acreage a better chance, and hoping 2009 bears little resemblance to last year....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Whether climate change will occur or not and whether changes result from human activity or not, cautious Southwest businessmen, including farmers and ranchers, should plan accordingly....
By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University
Subsurface drip irrigation was able to produce up to four bales of cotton per acre with less water than conventional irrigation methods at the Texas AgriLife Research station near Chillicothe....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Subsurface drip irrigation continues to expand rapidly in West Texas crop production. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Scheduling irrigation to use available water as efficiently as possible requires knowledge of crop moisture needs and soil properties....
By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University
By getting his feet muddy and using a Pepsi bottle in an unorthodox way, Leon New has made a difference in crop production on the High Plains....
By Quenna Terry
NRCS Public Affairs Specialist
Burt and Eric Heinrich were impressed enough with the subsurface drip irrigation system they installed with assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to put more in on their own nickel. ...
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