Irrigation
Don Cameron explains why he is betting on on-farm connectivity and automated valves to keep Terranova Ranch sustainable in a regulated future.
Yield Energy says its Yield Edge DERMS can earn growers money through utility incentive programs or save them on energy bills.
Netafim North America’s Melissa Lilze talks the top five trends that will impact irrigators in the coming year.
Effective Jan. 1, 2026, Lilze will lead the North America division of Orbia Netafim, the first woman to hold the position.
The precision irrigation system has been recognized for helping growers close the execution gap and optimize water use across diverse specialty crops.
Onion-grower Fagerberg Produce is finally replacing its permanent subsurface drip tape, some of which is 24 years old today. There are three keys to its longevity.
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s Purple Plow project challenges school kids to design irrigation systems using gravity.
While Nebraska’s lawsuit claims stolen water and stonewalling, Colorado says there’s no case since there’s no canal.
Lack of water deliveries from Mexico to Texas meant the end of the state’s sugar industry. Today, it threatens other key elements of South Texas agriculture and communities.
There are only two months left for Mexico to deliver almost a million acre-feet of water. While it might deliver some, the impacts on Texas growers are going to be tough.
Latin American climatech company Kilimo partners with Microsoft and Netafim in a private-private partnership to shift Central Valley irrigators from flood to drip.
Colorado State University engineer advises water industry workers on how to collaborate with irrigators on water supply planning.
Verdi, which just raised $4.7M in its latest seed round, offers devices that automate existing irrigation infrastructure.
I visited in late August with Matt Angell about California San Joaquin Valley water issues.
Center-pivot irrigation systems, once thought to be suitable only for Kansas, Nebraska or California’s San Joaquin Valley, are going up in the eastern Corn Belt.
The subsurface irrigation method, first adopted in the U.S. for vegetables, fruits and nuts, is supplementing and even replacing center-pivot systems for field crops.