Peters, Troy

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 ...

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, ...

Water quality is an important aspect of irrigation, but it can be difficult to achieve. On rill-irrigated row crops, vegetative filter strips can be effective as a best management practice for improvi ...

Vegetative filter strips (VFSs) are areas of land that have been planted with vegetation in order to intercept and slow down runoff water, capture eroded soil, and increase surface water infiltration. ...

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 ...

Potential benefits from these irrigation systems include saving water and energy and increasing crop productivity and profitability: learn more in this pub.