Rod Grams obtained EQIP funding to upgrade his irrigation system, and is now using less water and fertilizer in his pear orchard. PHOTO COURTESY OF NRCS Rod Grams, a pear grower at Monitor, Washington, no longer has to fix leaky irrigation pipes and move hand lines to irrigate the trees. Last year, Grams replaced his rusty steel mainline with PVC pipe and converted hand lines to microsprinklers in a ten-acre pear block. It was something he’d wanted to do for a while, he said, but the cost would have been a financial burden. Then, his field horticulturist told him about […]