OCONOMOWOC -- The severe drought is causing headaches for farmers throughout southeastern Wisconsin. That includes farms with irrigation systems. John Koepke's farm in Waukesha County has had an ...

A growing number of P.E.I. potato growers are applying to add irrigation systems over the next couple of years after drought ...

With water levels in the southern part of the Ogallala Aquafer declining, farmers in western Texas are working to squeeze the most production out of every drop of irrigation water they apply to their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pre-Hispanic canal funnels water from mountains to farm fields. Ari Caramanica Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time ...

U.S. farmers irrigated roughly the same amount of land as they did five years ago, but they are using less water to grow the bounty of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains that fill the nation’s ...

Recently, [Vinnie] aka [vinthewrench] moved from Oregon to Arkansas to start a farmstead. This is a style of farming that ...

Driving through southern Delaware farmland, have you ever wondered about those strange looking mechanical devices on wheels that populate many fields? The reason for all that apparatus is tied to some ...

Looking to increase his farm production, Wade bought four center-pivot irrigation systems. It's a big investment - on average, it costs a farmer between $1,200 and $2,500 or more per acre to install ...

Abstracting from water sources is common in arable and livestock systems. However, the practice is under intense scrutiny from regulatory bodies as water becomes scarcer, demand increases, and ...