Getting irrigation water where it does the most good in June sets up your hay crop and your fall regrowth. Here's how…
High-country snowmelt peaks and then fades fast in a dry June. The water you get onto your hay ground now is the…
Early-summer runoff is the water you actually get to use. Move it onto the hay ground and pasture now, because the ditch…
Mountain runoff peaks and drops fast in a Montana June. Spreading flood water evenly across a wild-hay meadow now decides how much…
Mid-June runoff fills the ditches for a few short weeks. Spread that water across your hay meadows now, because the creek won't…
On Montana's flood-irrigated hay meadows, the trick isn't turning the water on — it's knowing when to shut it off so the…
Mid-June is when snowmelt runoff peaks and the river goes on call. Here's how to make your water right earn its keep…