MANILA, Philippines — For decades, irrigation management in the Philippines has depended largely on manual monitoring, field inspections and on-the-ground reporting—an approach that worked in more ...

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Family and Community Medicine, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University It starts with a slight scratchiness at the back of your throat.

An almond orchard in Parlier provides a look into the future of farming. Researchers at UC Merced and the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources installed an irrigation system ...

Farmers have relied on these irrigation ditches for generations. Now, climate change threatens to turn them into relics of the past. Albuquerque’s South Valley is surrounded by brown desert and ...

L.A.-based SoilDrops, a forward-thinking startup dedicated to sustainable and effortless irrigation, recently announced the launch of its Smart Irrigation Starter Kit. Debuting on Earth Day, the ...

DEAR JOAN: I recently found an almost ¼-inch hole in a drip irrigation line. I couldn’t figure out how it happened and my wife said it could have been a squirrel, of which we have many. Related ...

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With the political winds at their backs, farm groups and irrigation districts are seeking to ensure the Clean Water Act definition of “waters of the United States” excludes irrigation canals and ...

As federal cuts stall irrigation projects, some wonder if the Trump administration will overhaul water politics in drought-prone Oregon. An irrigation pivot near Sisters, Oregon. Federal cutbacks have ...

The first water supply forecast for the upcoming irrigation season for the Kennewick Irrigation District and other irrigators who depend on Yakima River water does not look good. The U.S. Bureau of ...

With declining Ogallala Aquifer levels and rising input costs, efficient irrigation is more critical than ever for Kansas farmers. Since 1989, irrigated acres in western Kansas have dropped by nearly ...