Is your irrigation supply adequate?
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May 1, 2024

Is your irrigation supply adequate?

Simply put, irrigating is taking water from outside the growing season and bringing it into the growing season. That’s how Lyndon Kelley, Michigan State University Extension/Purdue Extension irrigation educator, defined it. “The question is how much crop per drop can I get?” he asked during his presentation at the most recent Great Lakes Expo. (The answer,

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