Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
Intended for producers, agencies, and stakeholders, this pub is part of a series exploring irrigation system efficiency across five counties. Learn more here!
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Potential benefits from these irrigation systems include saving water and energy and increasing crop productivity and profitability: learn more in this pub.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Iron in drinking water, though harmless at typical household concentrations, can result in poor tasting, unattractive water that stains both plumbing fixtures and clothing.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
“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 ...
Sediments are one of the main nonpoint sources of pollution for lakes, rivers, and streams in the Inland Northwest. This 8-page publication (including cover) shares strategies for protecting waters ...
Under drought conditions, vineyards are impacted by a variety of environmental factors that growers may or may not be able to control. This publication discusses the many water-related factors that af ...