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Topic: water management

Water management

UNDERSTANDING GROUNDWATER

April 2021 - Water is a precious resource. The success of farm businesses and the health of our families depend on having a clean and abundant supply. Historically, agricultural technology has allowed us to manipulate the quantity and…
Water management

IRRIGATION CASE STUDY

March 2021 - Water is a precious resource. The success of farm businesses and the health of our families depend on having a clean and abundant supply. Historically, agricultural technology has allowed us to manipulate the quantity and…
Water management

IS IRRIGATION OF GRAIN CROPS FEASIBLE?

February 2021 - Water is a precious resource. The success of farm businesses and the health of our families depend on having a clean and abundant supply. Historically, agricultural technology has allowed us to manipulate the quantity and…
Water management

A SECOND LOOK AT FARM DRAINAGE

January 2021 - Water is a precious resource. The success of farm businesses and the health of our families depend on having a clean and abundant supply. Historically, agricultural technology has allowed us to manipulate the quantity and…
How fields dry

AND WHY THEY CAN BE SLOW TO DRY

December 2020 - This article is a supplement to the Water Management series article ‘A second look at farm drainage’ that appears in the January issue of the Ontario Grain Farmer magazine print edition. It is a case…
Water management

IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH SOIL HEALTH

December 2020 - Water is a precious resource. The success of farm businesses and the health of our families depend on having a clean and abundant supply. Historically, agricultural technology has allowed us to manipulate the quantity and…
Water management

THE ROLE OF FARM DRAINAGE

November 2020 - Water is a precious resource. The success of farm businesses and the health of our families depend on having a clean and abundant supply. Historically, agricultural technology has allowed us to manipulate the quantity and…
Water management

THE WATER CYCLE AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

October 2020 - Water is a precious resource. The success of farm businesses and the health of our families depend on having a clean and abundant supply. Historically, agricultural technology has allowed us to manipulate the quantity and…
Water management

PRODUCING THE BEST GRAIN CROP POSSIBLE

September 2020 - WATER AND SUNLIGHT are the ultimate crop inputs — even the efficiency of all other inputs is directly impacted by them. We can’t manage the amount of sunlight over our fields, but we can manage…