On-farm water storage systems and techniques
If your irrigation pump ever sucked air because the storage ran dry in the middle of a cycle, you already know the problem. Most farms rely on a well, a stream, or municipal supply that can’t always keep up with…
If you’ve got a farm pond with a geomembrane liner, at some point you’re going to walk out there and notice the water level is lower than it should be. You’ve got a leak. I’ve talked to growers who spent…
Every time it rains on your barn roof, you’re watching free irrigation water slide into the ditch. A 2,000 square foot roof in a region that gets 30 inches of annual rainfall collects about 37,000 gallons a year. That’s enough…
Most farmers I talk to spend weeks researching drip tape spacing and sprinkler throw radius, then dump all that carefully calibrated water into an unlined hole in the ground. It’s the irrigation equivalent of buying premium fuel for a car…
What Happens When You Don’t Store Your Irrigation Water Most farms I’ve visited that rely on seasonal rainfall or inconsistent well output have the same problem: they run dry exactly when crops need water most. You can have the best…
