A typical mid-elevation spray application pivot irrigation rig in action. It can be retrofitted to a low elevation spray application, saving water, energy and improving crops. ARCO, Idaho — An ...

BURLEY — Converting furrow irrigated fields to sprinkler systems can save crop producers time and money while improving water quality, but those benefits come at a cost. Depending on the system and ...

No irrigation system can distribute water perfectly evenly across an entire field. Center pivot irrigation involves a powered structure that rotates a steel pipe with sprinklers to water crops. But ...

An irrigation pivot is seen in a demonstration Thursday at a cornfield farmed by Rob Sladek in Conesville. Sladek can remotely turn the system on and off and irrigates about 10 percent of his crops.

For more than a decade brothers Dennis and Joe Shryock have ran center pivot irrigation units on their corn and soybean operation near Columbia, Mo. Their sons, Brett and Mike, liked the way ...

GAINS AND LOWER INTEREST RATES. WELL, IT IS OFFICIAL. VALLEY IRRIGATIONS. VALLEY CENTER PIVOT IS THE COOLEST THING MADE IN NEBRASKA THIS YEAR. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VOTED IN THIS YEAR’S ...

With declining Ogallala Aquifer levels and rising input costs, efficient irrigation is more critical than ever for Kansas farmers. Since 1989, irrigated acres in western Kansas have dropped by nearly ...

Reinke Manufacturing donated a center-pivot irrigation system to help Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture students get hands-on experience with the hardware. Center-pivot irrigation was ...

Human existence boils down to one brutal fact: however much food you have, it’s enough to last for the rest of your life. Finding your next meal has always been the central organizing fact of life, ...

In 2013, this part of Bahia State in Brazil included just a single center-pivot irrigation circle. In this photograph taken in 2015 by an astronaut on the space station, new circleseach about 2 ...