Water Technology Farms

Post date: Sep 17, 2017 5:39:32 PM

Farms on the Kansas High Plains have long produced a bevy of crops and livestock, from wheat and corn to cattle and hogs. Now, a new type of operation is taking root in the southwest and northwest parts of the state called water technology farms.

Last year, Tom Willis established the first of what are now 15 water technology farms in Kansas on his grain and forage operation, T&O Farms, LLC, based near Garden City.

Willis, a Finney County farmer and ethanol business owner, says through the three-year pilot research program he hopes to reduce the total amount of water he uses to produce crops by 50%.

“I want to prove that we can conserve water and still achieve profitable yields using the technologies we are pioneering on my farm,” he explains.

read more at: https://www.agweb.com/article/water-technology-farms-could-give-the-ogallala-aquifer-a-reprieve-naa-rhonda-brooks/