A unique display at the Pennsylvania Farm Show recreates rainfall to illustrate how much water gets lost to runoff and how much is retained under different soil management systems. Vin Diesel and ...

LODI - The day was sunny and warm on Ron Schoepp's farm. But in one place, water was falling as if it were raining. It came from a sprinkler that sprayed over five pans filled with soil from local ...

Rainfall simulators have been used more than 50 years to evaluate hydrologic parameters. The generated runoff hydrograph is a continuous integration of all factors that affect runoff flow. The ...

AMES, Iowa — The Iowa Learning Farm has the power to make it rain. Researchers at Iowa State University have developed a machine that simulates the impact of raindrops to various land surfaces when it ...

A simulated rain research project coordinated by two University of Georgia scientists is aimed at enhancing and improving vegetable production. A custom-built rainfall simulator previously developed ...

California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that farm fields are inundated and normally dry creeks and drainage ditches have become torrents of water racing toward the ocean. Yet, most of ...

Rain gardens offer many environmental benefits including managing stormwater by capturing runoff and reducing the amount of water flowing into storm drains and waterways. “Rain gardens kind of use ...