Crop bed changes boost Florida farms water efficiencies

Lipman Family Farms wanted to mitigate flood risk associated with heavy rain on their 2,000-acre farm in Naples.
As general manager, Lucas Conran helps oversee seven farming operations for Lipman in Florida and other states along the East Coast.
He requested help from his longtime friend, Sanjay Shukla, a University of Florida hydrologist, who had just developed his “compact-bed geometry,” with state and federal funding, including the USDA.
Sanjay Shukla and Lucas Conran’s coll