Tag: irrigation

vegetable growers to monitor their soil moisture conditions to inform irrigation management

experimental fields with irrigation yielded 3000 kilos of extra starch per hectare

The Minister of Agriculture of the Region of Murcia, Antonio Luengo , visited the 'El Mirador' Agricultural Demonstration and Transfer Center this Monday, where he learned about advances in the use of water retaining ...

Even if irrigation appears to be necessary for plant cultivation, it is only economical if prices are high. Economic success in arable farming depends directly on rainfall. Two years of drought ...

More drought and heat will require more and more irrigation in the future. In Germany, more than 2 million hectares of arable land could also be irrigated, with around 12 million ...

Drip system maintenance lengthens drip life and improves farm profitability. Don Anthony, Anthony Land Company, Lexington, NE Farmers are investing in drip irrigation equipment, especially subsurface drip irrigation (SDI), to increase ...

A fertiliser program for potatoes growing in sandy soils must balance environmental risk with maximising returns. Coastal sands are naturally infertile and require higher rates of nutrients than loams. Efficient ...

Potato tubers are the result of the plant genetics and the environmental conditions in which they are grown. Potato varieties are selected carefully for tubers that have desirable appearance to ...

Hollow heart is an internal disorder where a 'lens' or 'star'-shaped cavity forms in the potato tuber. Some varieties are more susceptible than others but, under predisposing conditions, most varieties can be ...

With the same water employed by the Pivot, and exploiting the overpressures, we can produce electrical power to move any of the Pivot models on the market (also saving on ...

Innoquest Inc., a designer and manufacturer of precision meters for the agriculture industry since 1993, has released two improved flow meters with larger capacities than their predecessors, expanding for uses ...

Over-application of fertiliser nutrients can cause growth and quality problems in vegetable crops. Irrigation water can supply a significant proportion of the nutrients required by a crop, particularly nitrogen, and ...

Consumer buying habits have a significant impact in how much water is used in agriculture Modern agriculture puts an enormous emphasis on efficiency — from the resources used to grow ...

After losing two nights of sleep over shrinking potato yields, Kevin Grass rolled out of bed at 3 a.m. on a late-September morning and began crunching numbers to figure out ...

New trials run by Innovative Farmers Field lab and funded by AHDB in the UK will research the possibility of using brackish water for potato irrigation. Irrigation plays a vital role in potato quality. Growers ...

“When I hear the word sustainability, I think about figuring out a way to survive to be able to get to the next year,” shares fifth generation farmer Jerry Arnold. ...

Prince Edward Island potato farmer John Visser is expecting a shortfall this growing season. The reason: no rain. "The bills will not get paid," he says. His family grows over ...