Irrigation water


The recent passage of Indiana Senate Bill 28, along with provisions from the original Indiana water rights legislation, may raise concerns for landowners who utilize groundwater resources. If you have significant water usage due to irrigation or other agricultural activities, being prepared for challenges from your neighbors and community may help ensure that you can…Read more about Are You Ready for Challenges to Your Irrigation Water Use?[Read More]


High tunnels are essential for every vegetable grower as they can modify the growing environment for crop earliness, protect the crop against environmental stress, reduce disease and insect pressure, and extend the growing season. Growing in a high tunnel is like growing crops in an irrigated desert. Natural rainfall is unavailable inside your high tunnel,…Read more about Soil and Water Data is Critical for High Tunnel Growers[Read More]


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