Foodborne illness outbreaks of E. coli O157 infections traced to romaine lettuce continue to be an ongoing public health concern. The most recent such outbreak in November and December 2024 saw 89 ...

Capillary mats are popular in the retail nursery industry and with many home gardeners. The uniquely designed mats provide automated irrigation to a variety of plants, conserve water, and reduce the ...

McKinney fire investigators say a sprinkler saved Hutchins BBQ restaurant when a fire broke out on New Year's Eve. The fire sprinkler kept the fire from spreading until firefighters arrived at about ...

SAN DIEGO — Burning food at an East Village affordable housing project Saturday touched off overhead sprinklers that caused an estimated $250,000 in damage, fire officials said. No one was injured in ...

Water is a limited resource in the Western United States, especially in August. Ranchers and farmers in the Roaring Fork Valley have to consider the benefits and drawbacks of different irrigation ...

Efficient irrigation is one of the key Earth-Kind practices for conserving water in the landscape. Low volume irrigation systems (sometimes referred to as drip or trickle irrigation) are among the ...

Efficient water use is important to superintendents. Precisely irrigating small or isolated tees is challenging with traditional sprinklers. New Mexico State University scientists evaluated four ...