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Subsurface Drip Irrigation: Worth the Investment?

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.

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