
Produced with contributions by John McMaine, former Griffith Endowed Assistant Professor & SDSU Extension Water Management Engineer.
This week John McMaine and Anthony Bly introduce subsurface drip irrigation and cover the following:
- What subsurface drip irrigation is and how it differs from subirrigation.
- How efficient subsurface drip irrigation when compared to other irrigation methods.
- Some of the benefits and challenges to subsurface drip irrigation.
- The management needed for this practice versus other practices.
Joining us this week is Dr. Todd Trooien, an agricultural engineer and researcher for the Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering here at South Dakota State University.