Bob Payne grows processing tomatoes near Woodland, CA and after four years of drought has a greater appreciation for the 15-year-old drip system that provides all of his irrigation needs. “I’ve been very happy with drip,” he says. “It was especially nice to know that going into this drought we already had 100 percent of our tomatoes on drip.” Using drip, Payne said, allows him to use about 40 percent less water than flooding them. “We’ve incre

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