From an airliner or space shuttle, they look like perfect green dots on the face of the Earth. Nebraskans know them well. They’re called center pivots and they are one of the marvels of modern-day ...
“The movement of the deflector is totally independent from the pressure, which is applied so that the drop size is always the same,” Groos says. The system runs at low pressure, around 10 to 15 PSI, ...
WHITING, Ia. – Dolf Ivener turned to sunshine to water his cornfield this growing season. Ivener powered a center-pivot irrigation system with solar energy. It’s among the first of its kind nationally ...
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 ...
The kinetic energy that irrigation water produces as it surges through pressurized pipe on the Ute Mountain Farm and Ranch Enterprise is wasted as it is reduced to operate the center-pivot sprinkler ...
Sub-surface drip irrigation is starting to be used on the Canadian Prairies and promises higher returns with less water use.
The Center Pivot Irrigation Systems market exhibits robust expansion propelled by intensifying demand for precision agriculture and water-use efficiency amid escalating global food security pressures.