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Irrigation and Water
Irrigation and Water
Pasture and Grazing Management in the Northwest
The comprehensive resource for anyone who manages livestock on pastures in the Northwest, this 214-page book offers pasture managers information and tools to enable their pastures and their livestock to reach their maximum production potentials. Seventeen chapters proceed from planning to budgeting.
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Overview of Irrigated Agriculture in Spokane County
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
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Overview of Irrigated Agriculture in Skagit County
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
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Overview of Irrigated Agriculture in Lewis County
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
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Overview of Irrigated Agriculture in Ferry County
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
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Overview of Irrigated Agriculture in Benton County
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
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Nutrient Management Guide for Dryland and Irrigated Alfalfa in the Inland Northwest
This full-color illustrated guide for optimizing alfalfa production according to the growing conditions common throughout Idaho and east of the Cascades in Oregon and Washington provides specific reco ...
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Nutrient Management for Pastures: Western Oregon and Western Washington
Describes nutrient management practices for pastures to produce forage as a main feed source for western Oregon and Washington livestock. ...
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Modeling Environmental Change: Scenarios in the Washington Water Supply and Demand Forecast
Understanding future water resource conditions for Washington State is critically important: learn what scenarios are and how to apply them here.
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Mobile Drip Irrigation (MDI)
Combining the high efficiency of surface drip irrigation with the flexibility and convenience of center pivot, MDI might be the answer you’re looking for.
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Methods of Estimating Crop Evapotranspiration with Remote Sensing: Advantages and Limitations
Recent advances using the latest remote sensing can benefit farmers and producers looking to estimate or reduce their water use, and many of these resources are free and publicly available. Learn more about some of the methods used for tracking crop evapotranspiration in the field.
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Managing Wheel-lines and Hand-lines for High Profitability
In 2008, there were 1.3 million acres in the Pacific Northwest being irrigated by wheel-lines or hand-lines. This publication provides practical advice on managing those irrigation systems, including ...
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Managing Mosquitoes in Washington Irrigated Orchards
Currently, West Nile virus infects nearly 15% of mosquitoes in parts of Washington State, so effective mosquito control is increasingly important in irrigated orchards for keeping workers and animals safe. This publication breaks down multiple ways you can begin to get a handle on pesky mosquito populations.
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Managing Irrigation Water Quality for Crop Production in the Pacific Northwest
Water management can be a practical and financial challenge in any situation. This publication focuses on analyses used for typical agricultural irrigation water sources. The impact of irrigation ...
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Managing Irrigation Water on Different Soils in the Same Field
Some growers manage soils with very different textures (sand to silt to clay) and/or different depths (shallow to deep), all within the same field. These types of highly variable
soils make irrigatio ...
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Managing and Maintaining Vegetative Filter Strips on Rill-Irrigated Row Fields
On rill-irrigated row fields, vegetative filter strips can be effective as a best management practice for improving water quality, but managing and maintaining them is critical. Under poor management, ...
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Management of Traveler Gun Irrigation Systems in the Pacific Northwest
Potential benefits from these irrigation systems include saving water and energy and increasing crop productivity and profitability: learn more in this pub.
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Livestock Management and Water Quality
This publication provides livestock owners and managers with techniques to address water quality problems. The information presented emphasizes the effects of pathogens and sediment, the pollutants ...
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Irrigation Basics for Eastern Washington Vineyards
This manual aims to clarify irrigation options and strategies for both juice and wine grape production in Washington State. It covers the basics behind soils, water, and plant water-use.
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Irrigating with Big Guns vs. Boom Carts in Northwestern Washington
This publication compares the benefits and drawbacks of big gun and boom-type irrigation systems by documenting their respective water application efficiency and costs as applied to potato production ...
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Irrigated Spring and Winter Canola Production in Washington
Winter and spring canola have been produced on
limited acreages in Washington State for many years.
However, that concentration is rapidly expanding due
not only to food (canola oil) and feed (cano ...
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Iron in Drinking Water
Iron in drinking water, though harmless at typical household concentrations, can result in poor tasting, unattractive water that stains both plumbing fixtures and clothing.
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Integrated Management of Feral Rye in Winter Wheat
This publication discusses identification and management of feral rye.
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Inland Pacific Northwest Pasture Calendar
The Inland PNW Pasture Calendar is designed to be a comprehensive guide for improved grassland management in support of forage-livestock systems. Applying the principles described will lead to improved regional economic, ecological, and social sustainability. This publication describes the opportunities and challenges of sustainably raising harvested and grazed forages and developing forage-livestock systems in a diverse environment.
AUTHORS:
Steve Fransen, Sergio Arispe, Mylen Bohle, Brendan Brazee, Scott Duggan, Richard Fleenor, Tip Hudson, Rich Koenig, K. Scott Jensen, Don Llewellyn, Amanda Moore, Ian McGregor, J. Shannon Neibergs, Steve Norberg, Ian Reid, Joseph Sagers, Glenn Shewmaker, K. Christy Tanner, Guojie Wang, Ashlee Westerhold, Carmen Willmore
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Improving Soil Quality on Irrigated Soils in the Columbia Basin
Soils in the Columbia Basin are highly productive for agriculture but can have problems related to their physical properties that can be influenced by different soil improvement practices. This public ...
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Improving Irrigation Efficiencies in Pears Case Studies
The following case studies illustrate common irrigation system challenges in Washington pear orchards, providing growers with potential solutions to irrigation issues in order to improve fruit quality and profitability.
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Impact Assessment - Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems (STEEP), a USDA Special Research Grant
The 30-year STEEP (Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems) research and education program is a nationally known endeavor developing conservation practices with a systems approach. As documen ...
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Home Water-Saving Methods
Water-saving devices and tips can reduce water use in the home. Faucets, shower heads, toilets, pressure-reducing valves, insulation, point-of-use water heaters, washing machines, and automatic dishwa ...
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High Residue Farming Under Irrigation: Residue Management through Planting (3 in a series of 5)
“High Residue Farming” is an umbrella term for cropping systems in which less tillage is used in order to keep crop residue on the surface of a field. That crop residue provides many benefits to the ...
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High Residue Farming Under Irrigation: Crop Rotation (2 in a series of 5)
“High Residue Farming” is an umbrella term for cropping systems in which less tillage is used in order to keep crop residue on the surface of a field. That crop residue provides many benefits to the s ...
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