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Forage Productivity of Vegetative Filter Strips Established on Rill Irrigated Row Fields

Vegetative filter strips are planted strips of land that typically have grasses to act as a filter to catch and filter pollutants out of runoff water. Use of vegetative filter strips are considered a ...
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Executive Summary of Impact Assessment - Solutions to Environmental and Economic Problems (STEEP), a USDA Special Research Grant

A 4-page overview of the impacts of the 30-year STEEP (Solutions to Economic and Environmental Problems) research and education program. ...
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Evaluating Your Pear Irrigation System

Common challenges in central Washington pear orchards include plugging filters, uneven pressure on hills and slopes, over- and underwatering, irregular water distribution throughout the block, and low water holding capacity in sandy soils. Learn about the potential solutions and tools that mitigate these issues, boosting fruit quality and growers’ profits.
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Establishing Vegetative Filter Strips on Rill-Irrigated Row Fields

Vegetative filter strips have proven to be effective in improving water quality on rill-irrigated row crops, especially when they’re established before the crop irrigation season begins. Establishing ...
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El manejo de líneas de riego de alas móviles-rodantes (wheel-lines) y líneas de alas móviles-a-mano (hand-lines) para incrementar la rentabilidad

En el año 2008, habían cerca de 3 millones de acres, en los Estados Unidos, que eran regadas con líneas de riego de alas móviles-rodantes y líneas de alas móviles-a-mano con 1.3 millones de esas acre ...
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Effect of Deficit Irrigation on the Cost of Producing Native Spearmint Oil in Washington State

Washington State is the largest producer of native spearmint oil in the U.S. This publication provides guidelines for assessing how deficit irrigation (deliberately irrigating a crop with less water t ...
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Drought Advisory: Water Conservation, Weed Control Go Hand in Hand

WSU Drought Advisory: Controlling weeds greatly reduces water loss in crops. Many weeds, such as ragweed, sunflower, lambsquarter, and Russian thistle, use more water than crops like wheat, corn, and ...
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Drought Advisory: Water Conservation in Gardens and Landscapes

Past droughts and threats of droughts in Washington have caused concern about survival of garden and landscape plants. These include many woody trees and shrubs, vegetables, bulbs, and bedding pla ...
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Drip or Solid-Set Fertigation Injection Rate Worksheet for Weight-Based Product Applications (Chemigation Calculation Worksheet Series)

Applying fertilizers and chemicals to crops through an irrigation system involves multiple factors and lots of calculations. Whether you’re calculating injection rates for center pivots or drip lines, ...
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Drip or Solid-Set Chemigation Injection Rate Worksheet for Volume-Based Applications (Chemigation Calculation Worksheet Series)

Applying fertilizers and chemicals to crops through an irrigation system involves multiple factors and lots of calculations. Whether you’re calculating injection rates for center pivots or drip lines, ...
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Drip Irrigation for the Yard and Garden

This publication discusses how to set up a drip irrigation system for a small yard or garden space. ...
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Does Wetter Water Make Fatter Wallets? Using Soil Wetting Agents

Provides a concise overview of water repellency as it relates to soil, and explains how surfactants work to increase water absorption in areas characterized by poor water infiltration and distributio ...
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Determining the Gross Amount of Water Applied --Surface Irrigation

This bulletin, the size of a 3X5 card, has a table of water measurement over a Cipoletti weir, as well as examples for determining the gross amount of water applied in surface irrigation. ...
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Deficit irrigation of a diverse irrigated rotation: Jake Madison (Farmer-to-Farmer Case Study Series)

In this series, explore innovative approaches regional farmers are using that may increase their resilience in the face of a changing climate. ...
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Conceptos básicos de riego para los viñedos del este de Washington

Este manual tiene por objetivo aclarar las opciones y estrategias de riego en los cultivos comerciales de uva, tanto para jugo como para vino, en el estado de Washington. Este documento cubre los asp ...
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Clover Root Curculio in Alfalfa: Identification, Biology, and Management

This publication will help growers in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon design an integrated pest management (IPM) program for Sitona hispidulus, a pest of alfalfa and clover that occurs throughout the Un ...
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Chemigation or Fertigation Injection Rate Worksheet for Water Concentration-Based Applications (Chemigation Calculation Worksheet Series)

Applying fertilizers and chemicals to crops through an irrigation system involves multiple factors and lots of calculations. Whether you’re calculating injection rates for center pivots or drip lines, ...
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Chemigation or Fertigation Injection Pump Calibration (Chemigation Calculation Worksheet Series)

Applying fertilizers and chemicals to crops through an irrigation system involves multiple factors and lots of calculations. Whether you’re calculating injection rates for center pivots or drip lines, ...
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Center Pivot Chemigation/Fertigation Injection Rate Worksheet for Weight-Based Applications (Chemigation Calculation Worksheet Series)

Applying fertilizers and chemicals to crops through an irrigation system involves multiple factors and lots of calculations. Whether you’re calculating injection rates for center pivots or drip lines, ...
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Center Pivot Chemigation/Fertigation Injection Rate Worksheet for Volume-Based Applications (Chemigation Calculation Worksheet Series)

Applying fertilizers and chemicals to crops through an irrigation system involves multiple factors and lots of calculations. Whether you’re calculating injection rates for center pivots or drip lines, ...
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Calculating Chemigation Injection Rates

This fact sheet describes how to calculate injection rates for chemigation. English units are used exclusively. Many of the equations can be solved with the irrigation calculators provided at http:// ...
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Anaerobic Digestion Effluents and Processes: The Basics

Anaerobic digesters are used worldwide to produce bioenergy and sustainably treat organic waste from municipal, industrial, and agricultural operations. This fact sheet reviews the basic elements of ...
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An Evaluation of Soil Improvement Practices Being Used on Irrigated Soils in the Columbia Basin

This publication outlines the results of a 2015 study conducted on the effects of three soil improvement practices used in the Columbia Basin: organic amendments, cover crops and green manures, and hi ...
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2010 Cost of Producing Native and Scotch Spearmint Under Rill and Center Pivot Irrigation in Washington

This manuscript provides up-to-date information on the production cost of spearmint, which is used by a variety of people as benchmark of industry production costs, and to determine the feasibility o ...
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2009 Cost of Producing Alfalfa Hay Under Center Pivot Irrigation in the Columbia Basin of Washington State

The enterprise budgets presented in this publication are based on alfalfa produced in the Big Bend of the Columbia River in south central Washington. Cost estimates are provided for both 1-ton and 2-t ...
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