[Link] It’s time to start thinking about your irrigation water management
Proper irrigation water management is key to improving crop production and reducing costs.
Tag: water management
[Link] Impact of Partial Root Drying and Soil Mulching on Squash Yield and Water Use Efficiency in Arid
Therefore, an experiment was initiated in winter and spring, to investigate integrating deficit irrigation, associated with partial root drying and s…
[Link] Irrigation tools can increase profitability, improve sustainability
RISER program at Mississippi State has developed approach for best management practices in irrigation.
[Link] USDA introducing pilot project to help farmers boost soil health
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is introducing a pilot project for farmers — the Environmental Quality Incentive Program Special Soi…
[Link] Bioreactors & Saturated Buffers
Edge-of-field practices like saturated buffers, constructed wetlands and bioreactors can improve water quality by treating agricultural drainage flowi…
[Link] Cover crops have key role in resilient soils
Cover crops provide an active, protective blanket that not only provides surface cover, but also enhances soil biology and structure, speaker Jerry Ha…
[Link] Conservation Farming Improves Water Use, Yield
Zunckel says that before they introduced no-till, the farm’s predominantly Avalon-type arable soils had been prone to capping, poor moisture infiltr…
[Link] Add sorghum to secure farm sustainability
Sorghum Focus: Grain sorghum advances sustainability by adding residue, sequestering carbon and mitigating water needs.
[Link] Adaptation, not irrigation recommended for Midwest corn farmers
A warming climate may not increase water demand for Midwest crops that may instead be adapted through soil management to changing air temperatures and…
