The ERIC lawn irrigation system can make watering your lawn more efficient, reduce the cost of your monthly water bill and help conserve critical natural resources. (Texas A&M AgriLife)

Key to lower your water bill may already be at your door

An irrigation pivot watering a field of turnips. (Photo: iStock - Songbird839)

Reinke acquires Scott Specialties

Garden sprinkler watering grass at home backyard (Photo: iStock - ronstik)

Responsible water use imperative this summer

  • By Julene Reese │ Utah State University Extension
Four States Irrigation Council

Four States Irrigation Council’s tour Aug. 6-7

The center pivot irrigation system at the Oklahoma State University McCaull Research and Demonstration Farm will be one of the topics discussed at this year’s Panhandle Crops & Forages Field Day in Eva. The Aug. 31 event kicks off the fall field day events with topics like sorghum varieties, nitrogen management, soil moisture monitoring and managing spider mites in corn. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture.)

K-State stepping up to the state’s water challenges

  • By Kelsey Stremel │ K-State Extension news service
A miniature goldendoodle dog staying cool on a hot summer day. (iStock │ #2187715472 - nycshooter)

Keep animals safe and healthy during excessive heat

  • By Lauren Quinn │ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

How to help your chickens beat the heat 

Cracking of a tomato as a result of excess moisture, overheating of a vegetable or an overdose of fertilizers, on a bush close-up. Crop loss. Problems of agriculture, tomato disease. (iStock │ #1340725845 - Lyubov Kulikova)

Tomato cracking: is it preventable?