An almond orchard in Parlier provides a look into the future of farming, thanks to an irrigation system that offers previously unthinkable precision.

Surface-mounted centrifugal pumps dominate irrigation because they're versatile and easy to maintain. These units move large ...

On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape.

Traditional home irrigation systems don’t think for themselves. You set them to water at certain times, and that’s what they do. “Smart” irrigation controllers automatically adjust the dials based on ...

Town officials say an unforeseen problem with a new irrigation system left the popular clay courts at Mead Park in poor ...

Work on improvements to portions of Yakima's residential irrigation system will continue in the coming weeks and is expected to be completed by this spring. For the next week, beginning today, crews ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

For years, I battled clover, crabgrass and weeds in a struggle to keep my lawn healthy—and it’s a fight I lost over and over, resulting in a complete re-sodding of the property, heavy patch removal ...