Netafim USA Spotlights Global Sustainability at 2023 World Ag Expo; Award-winning SDI-E System Is Proven to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by up to 90%

• SDI-E is the world’s first subsurface drip irrigation system that enables the application of dairy effluent in place of synthetic fertilizers, helping dairy farmers reduce input costs, conserve water, and increase productivity.
• SDI-E supports the U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative (NZI) goal to achieve GHG neutrality by 2050, optimize water use while maximizing recycling, and improve water quality by optimizing the utilization of manure and nutrients.
• Multinational food & beverage corporations and Big Farming are exploring opportunities to incorporate SDI-E to meet ESG benchmarks.

FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the agriculture industry collectively works to improve sustainable practices, Netafim USA, a subsidiary of Netafim Ltd., the global leader in precision irrigation solutions, continues to pioneer irrigation solutions with a global impact. The company will spotlight its revolutionary Effluent Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI-E) system at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, from February 14–16, 2023.

An individual dairy farm can produce over 200,000 pounds of nutrient-rich manure each year. Netafim’s SDI-E system allows dairy farmers to utilize this valuable resource as a natural fertilizer, which significantly reduces input costs, improves their water use efficiency, promotes uniform crop growth, and increases crop production.

Initially designed to help farmers combat drought conditions and promote water conservation, the SDI-E system also offers an unexpected benefit: reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The subsurface injection of dairy effluent directly to the crops roots reduces nitrogen release into the atmosphere. This innovative approach has been proven to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%.

Netafim, along with project partners Sustainable Conservation, De Jager Dairy, McRee Dairy, and Western United Dairies, received the 2020 U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award for Outstanding Community Impact. In 2022, the project was named the recipient of the Irrigation Association's Vanguard Award.

"The success of the SDI-E system is a testament to the power of collaboration between Netafim USA and some of the most forward-thinking, innovative minds in agriculture today. We have a responsibility to develop solutions that positively impact the environment and mitigate climate change. Sustainable agriculture is in our company’s DNA," said Mike Hemman, President and CEO of Netafim USA. “We’re extremely encouraged and excited to see so many organizations take interest and explore opportunities to utilize our SDI-E technology. This innovation enables operational efficiency, sustainability, and increased profitability. We are proud to showcase its capabilities at the World Ag Expo, the most prestigious agricultural exhibition in the world.”

Show attendees can visit Netafim at North Exhibit booths K48 and L47 and explore the company’s lineup of precision irrigation solutions on display.

About Netafim

Orbia’s Precision Agriculture business Netafim, is the world’s largest irrigation company and a global leader in precision agriculture solutions committed to fight scarcity of food, water and land, for a sustainable future. Founded in 1965, Netafim pioneered the drip revolution, creating a paradigm shift toward precision irrigation. Today, specializing in end-to-end solutions from the water source to the root zone, Netafim delivers irrigation and greenhouse projects, as well as landscape and mining irrigation solutions supported by engineering, project management and financing services. Netafim is also leading the way in digital farming, irrigation and fertigation, integrating real-time monitoring, analysis and automated control into one state-of-the-art system. With 33 subsidiaries, 19 manufacturing plants, 2 recycling plants and more than 5000 employees worldwide, Netafim delivers innovative, tailor-made irrigation and fertigation solutions to millions of farmers, allowing smallholders to large-scale agricultural producers and investors, in over 110 countries, to grow more with less™.

About Orbia

Orbia is a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in the Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluorinated Solutions (Koura) sectors. The five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has commercial activities in more than 110 countries and operations in over 50, with global headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. To learn more, visit: orbia.com.