High-tech watering gear keeps breaking down while clay pots just keep working.

CLOVERDALE — On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape. In the distance, a massive metal pivot slowly circled the ground, ...

As drought conditions intensify across Central Oregon, one irrigation district may be better positioned than most to withstand a difficult water year — even as supplies run critically low. The Three ...

Old beats new: Gardeners report traditional irrigation methods like ollas and gravity-fed systems outperform costly smart controllers in reliability and yields. Soil-specific success: Matching ...

In his truck, as he makes his morning rounds of the Mesa County Irrigation District, Dave Voorhees checks a program on his computer tablet that shows him where each property lies, who owns it, and ...

Nashik: In the drought-prone Devergaon region, where water scarcity is a constant challenge, progressive farmer Omanivas Chandak has achieved remarkable success by adopting modern irrigation ...