Keeping It Green by Jim Gerrish

KEEPING IT GREEN, A HANDBOOK FOR CREATING AND MANAGING IRRIGATED  PASTURE How Can Irrigation Increase Your Production and Your Profits? Whether you live in a high rainfall area or the arid West, irrigation can even your production and boost profits, with the proper management.  Keeping It Green, A Handbook for Creating and Managing Irrigated Pasture by Jim Gerrish explains how to implement irrigation or work with an existing system. It begins with an understanding of soil-water-plant relationships that make grass grow, then determining water demand.  With 17 years of experience managing both flood and sprinkler systems in an 8" annual precipitation environment, Gerrish explains the pros and cons of each. Chapters include the following: Flood irrigation. Solid set, hand lines, wheel line systems. Working with line-pods. Center pivot designs. Surface drip systems. Fertigation and effluents for soil nutrient management. The economics of irrigated pasture. And more. Using diagrams and il