The sight is not uncommon in California: water moving slowly across farm fields, in broad sheets or through a grid of ditches, propelled only by the pull of gravity. Flood irrigation is a tried and ...

For over 50 years, homeowners in our neighborhood knocked on neighbors' doors to have them voluntarily donate funds for the flood irrigation system. Our neighbors gave funds because of the awareness ...

Adrian Hunolt, a rancher who raises cattle near the Bear River in Wyoming, discusses the importance of flood irrigation to both his livelihood and wildlife habitat on Oct. 5, 2022. The Bear River is ...

CLOVERDALE — On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape. In the distance, a massive metal pivot slowly circled the ground, ...

In order for plants to survive, they need sun and water. Unfortunately sun will deplete readily available water for plants in arid or semi-arid climates. Water provides nutrients to a plant so it can ...

People learn about Dujiangyan irrigation system at Dujiangyan scenic area in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov ...

Water is a limited resource in the Western United States, especially in August. Ranchers and farmers in the Roaring Fork Valley have to consider the benefits and drawbacks of different irrigation ...

When Peggie Cornwell learned last month that the $10 monthly rate she and her husband were being charged for flood irrigation would be going up, her reaction was fairly straightforward. “We were a ...

Evanston, Wyoming • Adrian Hunolt and his family run a cattle ranch on 8,500 acres along a bend in the Bear River, just a few miles from its headwaters in the Uinta Mountains. The river is the ...