By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers and others attending the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation seminar in Muncy, Texas, had to be aware of the irony of gathering to discuss the problems of their rapidly diminishing resource while sheets of rain pounded the metal roof over their heads....
By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Farmers in the Texas High Plains, faced with declining water resources for irrigation and the potential for tighter water use regulations, should take steps now to improve irrigation efficiency....
By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University
Producers tapping into water supplies for irrigation needs can now get training online at a new Texas Water Resources Institute Web site....
Irrigation of crops directly contributes more than $1.6 billion a year and 16,650 jobs to the economy of the Amarillo region, according to a study released Wednesday at the Texas Commodity Symposium....
By Jane Moorman, New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University researchers have gathered data to answer these questions: How much of the water diverted into acequia irrigation systems is lost to seepage and evaporation? ...
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....
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