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Phil Hogan helped this producer with the USDA NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) cost-share grant application that Mr. Muller says was "an easy process." The farm qualified for the cost share grant for the emitter tape (tubing), distribution piping, filter system, pumps and controls. California is currently undergoing a prolonged drought. This farm produces a 30-50% greater yield, due to precise watering along these ¾ mile rows of tomatoes. The buried plastic tubing with built in water emitters are 10” below the ground and are positioned using GPS. His orchards use micro sprinklers, a different type of micro irrigation. For more information about EQUP, please see www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs/.... USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. H H Lance Cheung Public Domain ICC_PROFILE lcms mntrRGB XYZ ) 9acspAPPL -lcms
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