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Husker Harvest Days 2018 Top Farm Show Picks

Husker Harvest Days 2018 Planner – Top Picks for Nebraska Farm Show

Posted on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 by torodriptips

Husker Harvest Days 2018 is almost here! Thousands of exhibitors and tens of thousands of visitors will descend upon the Husker Harvest Days field in Wood River, Nebraska for 3 full days of ag festivities.

We’ve got quite a line up planned for Husker Harvest Day 2018. We’ll have agronomists and industry experts on hand all week long to answer your irrigation questions. On Wednesday, we’re hosting a special Lunch & Learn around 12pm. Be sure to drop in to booth 738 to catch a brief session on how you can win with drip irrigation and fertigation.

Toro Husker Harvest Days 2017 - Booth 436

Toro, Husker Harvest Days 2017 – Special Subsurface Drip Irrigation Events, Demos, Giveaways Planned

Posted on September 11, 2017November 22, 2017 by torodriptips

Join us in Grand Island, Nebraska in booth #436 for the complete Toro Husker Harvest Days 2017 experience! Toro will be offering a variety of ways for growers to learn about subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) and how it can help them maintain or increase yields using less water, even during a drought.

We’ve got quite a line up planned for this year’s show. Visitors will have the chance to hear first-hand from irrigation industry veterans during one of our expert-led events throughout the show. All events are free and happening with Toro, Husker Harvest Days 2017.

Visit Toro at Booth 436 during Husker Harvest Days 2016

Visit Toro at Husker Harvest Days 2016

Posted on September 12, 2016September 9, 2016 by torodriptips

Visit Toro this week at Husker Harvest Days 2016!

If you’re planning on attending this year’s show, don’t forget to stop by the Toro booth #436. Toro will be offering a variety of ways for growers to learn about subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) and much more!

NEW: Toro’s Neptune Flat Emitter Dripline Now Available in 6 Mil

Posted on July 18, 2016 by torodriptips

Toro is pleased to announce the release of Neptune Flat Emitter Dripline in 6-mil wall thickness for both 5/8″ and 7/8″ internal diameters. The addition of the 6-mil option to our Neptune product line expands on our existing 8-, 10-, 13-, 15-, 18-and 24-mil wall thickness offering. All available wall thicknesses are offered in an 8-inch emitter spacing as well, for applications that require tighter spacing.

Drip Irrigation Rodent Control

Posted on June 10, 2016 by torodriptips

Newer irrigation systems like drip and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) have been used by cutting-edge alfalfa growers for quite some time.

Even with the proven benefits, many growers struggle with the idea of moving away from traditional irrigation practices to something unfamiliar. How much will the conversion cost? What kind of return can I expect? Will this affect the number of cuttings each year? And perhaps one of the biggest questions: How do I control rodents?

Rodents cause yield loss and crop damage if not managed

Rodents are a concern for all alfalfa growers, regardless of what irrigation method is used. Pests like mice, voles and gophers cause yield loss and crop damage when not properly managed.

8 Questions when Installing a Subsurface Drip Irrigation System

Posted on April 28, 2016April 27, 2016 by torodriptips

Throughout the past few years, drip and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) have emerged as new opportunities for alfalfa growers looking to conserve water and other resources.

The idea of greater water use efficiency (WUE) and resource use efficiency (RUE) is enticing growers who are on the fence about converting fields, while the expectation of achieving greater yields, a proven benefit of a drip and subsurface drip irrigation system, is pushing them over.

A good engineer will ask the proper questions to ensure the best system is recommended and installed for each unique operation, but it’s equally important growers ask questions about the system as it relates to the current field and future operation plans.

Learning How Drip Irrigation Works Around the World

Posted on January 25, 2016 by torodriptips

Two Kansas State University faculty members recently joined experts from around the world in China for an information exchange about micro-irrigation technologies.

Freddie Lamm, research irrigation engineer at K-State’s Northwest Research-Extension Center in Colby, and Gary Clark, senior associate dean for the College of Engineering and professor of biological and agricultural engineering, were invited presenters at the Irrigation in Action Symposium at China Agricultural University in Beijing, in October.

Subsurface Drip Irrigation saves water, delivers inputs

Posted on August 10, 2015 by torodriptips

The practice of applying chemicals through buried drip irrigation lines has been used for decades in fruit and vegetable crops and orchards. Subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) is pumping water into perforated poly pipes buried deep enough in the soil so that they’re not bothered by seeding and tillage equipment.

Inge Bisconer, a technical manager in Toro’s Micro-Irrigation division, said Toro has been an early developer of SDI.

However, drip irrigation is no longer exclusive to small-acreage, high-value horticulture crops.

Arizona Grower Conserving Water with Subsurface Drip Irrigation System

One Arizona Farmer Conserving Water with Subsurface Drip Irrigation

Posted on August 4, 2015August 3, 2015 by torodriptips

Farmers in central Arizona are working together to protect a precious resource that flows through their land. The Verde River supplies every drop of water they use for irrigation, and everything else in their lives. As the drought swallows up lakes and rivers across the West, Verde Valley farmers are embracing new and old technology to ensure their water supply doesn’t dry up. Arizona Public Radio’s Aaron Granillo reports.

The Hausers are a farming family. They’ve been harvesting and selling pumpkins, alfalfa, and sweet corn for generations. The youngest member in this long line of farmers is 26-year-old Zach.

“My great, great, great grandparents started in Iowa, eventually moved to Phoenix,” says Hauser. “My dad and grandfather farmed this, and then I just kind of followed in their footsteps.”

Agriculture Irrigation Technology Transforming Farming

Posted on June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 by torodriptips

Madera County farmer Tom Rogers thought he knew a lot about how to irrigate his family’s 175-acre almond ranch. But several droughts, including the current four-year dry spell, made him reconsider his approach on how to get the most out of his ever-shrinking water supply.

For the last two years, Rogers has received no surface water, relying purely on groundwater wells to keep the ranch’s trees alive and producing.

Nothing is taken for granted on the Rogers’ farm, and nothing is wasted, especially water.

Dramatic Benefits of Drip Irrigation System for Idaho Grower

Posted on June 23, 2015June 23, 2015 by torodriptips

For one Idaho Grower, the ultimate in water use efficiency on his farm boils down to two words: drip irrigation.

McKellip, who lives and works in the Treasure Valley north of Nampa, Idaho, installed his first drip irrigation — a Toro system — on one of RMF Farms’ fields in 2011. He installed a second system the following year; then, in 2013, a third. That 2013 field was seeded into sugarbeets. Prior to those drip systems, all his fields were grown under furrow irrigation.

A drip-irrigated field of mint in 2012 yielded 133 pounds of mint per acre, compared to a nearby furrow-irrigated mint field that came off at 94 pounds. The bottom line was $585 more income per acre, along with significant savings in water and fertilizer use, combined with less labor, fuel, equipment usage and insecticide inputs.

Water Stressed Farmer turns to Subsurface Drip Irrigation

Farmer Solves Water Woes with Subsurface Drip Irrigation

Posted on June 10, 2015 by torodriptips

When Jim Bahrenburg looks across the land he’s worked in the Monument and Kimberly areas, he sees buried treasure.

That treasure isn’t gold, but water.

Drawn from the North Fork John Day River, this water flows through small underground tubes to gradually irrigate blocks of land for crops. Starting on the North Fork Ranch in the Kimberly area, Bahrenburg said he first planted rye to choke out the thistles on what was just a neglected pasture, and then continued the transformation by planting row crops.

Today the land produces corn, onions, beets, peppers, squash and dill.