We humans are supposed to number about 7.8 billion by 2050. Feeding every one of those mouths demands food production in new, less-than-“optimal” areas. Like the Sahara. And if these monstrous ...

Prayagraj: Authorities of the horticulture and food processing department are promoting the community-based ‘Central Pivot Irrigation System' or Pivot system - a type of irrigation that uses a long ...

PITTSGROVE – Eric Davis of Elmer used to wear a tie to work in an office at Salem Nuclear Power plant, now he wears coveralls into a ditch on Parvin Farms, LLC., which he co-owns with his younger ...

It's the dead of night in rural Indiana when a truck pulls up alongside a central pivot irrigation system. Two men dressed in black get out with bolt cutters in hand, and over the next several minutes ...

A central pivot irrigation system using groundwater from the High Plains (Ogallala) aquifer in southwest Kansas. This aquifer has been heavily pumped for decades, producing large water-level declines ...

Researchers have found that rust-coated irrigation pivots could signal an absence of nitrate in nearby groundwater -- and position them as a guidepost when monitoring for the contaminant, which has ...