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How to grow food in drought-hit Zimbabwe? Add irrigation
2016-06-01 02:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Several rivers pass from Zimbabwe's lush Eastern highlands through the lowlands of drought-hit Chipinge, Mutare and Chimanimani districts. But while river water is plentiful, hard-up farmers have no way to get enough of it to their fields. "We did not harvest anything in the past two seasons," said Amon Vhumbu, the traditional leader of a small, isolated village in Chipinge district, where many fields have been left barren by drought, despite a river flowing nearby. "As you can see, without...
Uneven irrigation steals corn yield
2016-05-06 15:32:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
One bad nozzle could cost you $600 to $1,000 in lost corn yield. In a high-yielding, irrigated environment, one broken nozzle 1,000 feet from the center affects water delivery on nearly two acres, and could cost you $600-1,000 in lost corn yield, says Joshua Stamper, University of Minnesota Extension irrigation specialist. read more
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IntelliFlux Artificial Intelligence-Based Control System From Water Planet Powers Demonstrations To Evaluate Performance And Cost Of Treating Produced Water For Use In Agricultural Irrigation
2016-04-19 03:41:37| oilandgasonline Home Page
IntelliFluxartificial intelligence (AI) based software developed by Water Planet, Inc. is being used in a pilot project in Wasco, California to evaluate the performance and economics of treating produced water for agricultural reuse.
Irrigation district intervenes in Rio Grande water lawsuit
2016-03-30 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KCBD: The board of directors for one of New Mexico's major irrigation districts has voted to intervene in a lawsuit concerning decades-old permits and the authority to pull water from the Rio Grande. Environmentalists are challenging the office of the state engineer, saying New Mexico's top water managers have failed to force the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District to prove it's putting the water to beneficial use. The district's counsel, Chuck DuMars, contends the irrigation district demonstrated...
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Learn about irrigation rebates.
2016-03-29 18:40:55| PortlandOnline
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