The two primary types are a rigid drip system and a flexible T-tape system. The former is more expensive but lasts longer, while flexible drip tape, also called T-tape, is cheaper, but it’s only ...

RIVERDALE, Calif. — Last year, the federal government gave farmer Dan Errotabere half of the water it had awarded him the previous year to cultivate his 5,200 acres. But he still managed to reap ...

Emotionally, any good irrigation system is about securing a future, says Darren, who is 35, married and has three kids growing up on the farm. He wants to eventually use the land for an intensive ...

Currently Smith uses a T-tape irrigation system and said he may want to switch to another company. When Smith first started using a drip system, he said, no one else in the valley was using it and ...

Moreover, the team conducted an economic analysis of the system, finding that system implementation will cost $373.13, equivalent to the initial investment of $103.84 in traditional drip irrigation.

Currently Smith runs a 10 acre drip system and is getting ready to add another 12 to 15 acres of drip tape on his 60 acre farm in Rocky Ford. Drip irrigation delivers precise amounts of water ...

A recyclable "drip tape" irrigation system is being put to the test by Norfolk potato growers who are seeking new solutions to water resource pressures. Richard and Will Overton at HA Overton and ...