With the drought in northern Alabama and Georgia hitting some crops hard and putting stress on others as well as on livestock, farmers are looking at better ways to cope with the lack of rainfall that seems to hit the Southeast every few years. The Southeast Farm Press posted a story this week about the positive results one northern Alabama farmer has had with subsurface drip irrigation, even in years with good precipitation amounts. You can read about the costs, problems and benefits of this irrigation system in the story by Eddie McGriff, Alabama Cooperative Extension.
