Drought Brings Challenges to Dairy Drip Project

Taylor Hillman Dairy & Livestock, Environment, Technology, Water, Weather

dairy cows in milking parlor
Getting drip to work on dairy facilities with lagoon water is difficult and projects always run into the same issue, issues that were harder this year because of water availability.

Drought Brings Challenges

Dejager Farms in Chowchilla is partnering with Netafim to try and get the system to work without hiccups. Farm Manager Nate Ray says they ran into bigger issues this year due to water availability. Ray says they believe this system is getting close to being foolproof.