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. ...
By J.D. Bilbro
Contributing Writer
In decades past, cotton producers on the Texas High Plains believed water in the Ogallala aquifer was continually replenished by underground streams from the Rocky Mountains....
By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
Persons interested in the future of the Pecos River are asked to give input to a draft plan aimed at improving the river and its watershed. ...
By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
Texas Cooperative Extension's Pecos County office will be conducting a Rangeland Water Harvesting Field Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Sherman Hammond Ranch....
Brushy Creek, water issues and water legislation will be the topics of a conference at the Westphalia Community Center in Westphalia. The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Aug. 23....
By Edith Chenault
Texas A&M Communications Staff
COLLEGE STATION—Agricultural producers are trying to make hay while the sun shines. The problem is it won’t shine long enough. ...
By Kay Ledbetter
Texas Extension Media Specialist
A tendency to plant more crop than available water makes careful water applications scheduling vital this year, said a Texas Cooperative Extension specialist....
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