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Irrigation

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the launch of a pilot program to modernize crop acreage reporting.
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Efficient water use is important throughout the irrigation season and becomes even more critical during the hottest summer months.
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Val Fishman of Netafim, Orbia Precision Agriculture has been working in the irrigation industry for five years.
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Saul Medrano of AvidWater LLC has been working in the industry for seven years.
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July marks the start of Smart Irrigation Month.
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Small-scale and urban farms across Ohio and the Great Lakes region are increasingly using high tunnels to extend the growing season and improve crop production.
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In the Great Plains and parts of the Midwest, drought doesn’t always arrive as a dramatic headline.
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Producers across multiple regions of the U.S. are heading into a growing season defined by drought conditions, forcing many farmers and ranchers to rethink forage...
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Drought in the Western United States is often talked about in terms of weather – snowpack, rainfall, reservoir levels.
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Suat Irmak, professor and head of Penn State’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, received the 2026 Royce J. Tipton Award from the American Society...