MEDICINE HAT — Subsurface drip irrigation is a relatively new system to the Prairies, but one of southern Alberta’s early adopters is confident it’s an effective way to grow crops with water ...

Subsurface drip irrigation is a management practice that developed primarily in the U.S. and has moved slowly northward. In Ontario, the industry has seen its greatest increases on the sandier soils ...

Kees van Beek sells subsurface drip irrigation through Southern Irrigation LP, in Lethbridge. He says the technology is popular around the world, including in California, Texas, Ukraine and Israel.

SDI is a variation of traditional low-pressure drip irrigation. Central lines are installed underground in a field to feed drip lines that apply water directly to the root zone. The systems can also ...

At first glance, subsurface drip irrigation seems like an obvious winner as it gets water directly to the roots and there’s less evaporation. But that’s not the whole story. Subsurface drip irrigation ...

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.

Growers are investing between $800 and $3,000 an acre in subsurface drip systems for alfalfa and rotation crops, Putnam said, with typical costs between $1,600 and $2,200.

“Now that I should be quitting (farming), I’m trying it.” University of Missouri Extension research finds that subsurface drip irrigation (SDI), when used as part of an integrated drainage water ...

Glacier FarmMedia — Subsurface drip irrigation is a relatively new system to the Prairies, but one of southern Alberta’s early adopters is confident it’s an effective way to grow crops with water ...