This week, the question comes from yours truly (i.e., Dr. Marisa Thompson, regular writer of this column). I’ve heard about subsurface drip as an improved way to irrigate turfgrass, so I invited NMSU ...

On farms in some drought-stricken areas, some farmers now use drones to fly over fields so they can better see exactly when to water crops. But a technology called GrowStream is even more precise: The ...

Healthy and in-demand fruits such as the high-margin 'green gold' avocado, primarily grown in South and Central America, are among the least tenable and environmentally-friendly crops. According to a ...

Most advanced “water-printing” tech on the market. App is better than ever at mapping your yard. New drip irrigation option adds flexibility. New self-cleaning sprinkler-head tech can help ...

Drip irrigation applies water through small holes called emitters in a network of hoses or pipes rather than through broadcasting sprinklers or hoses. It delivers the water more closely to the root ...

High-tech watering gear keeps breaking down while clay pots just keep working.

Spring is slowly clawing its way out from under the mountains of snow most of us saw this winter, which means that, soon enough, you’ll have to restart yard work. As warmer days approach, one of the ...

Thousands of hectares of communal land set aside for smallholder farmers’ use in South Africa are lying fallow because of ...