IRRIGATION

US beverage and snack giant PepsiCo has tapped Israeli drip irrigation company N-Drip for a new partnership aimed at helping farmers who grow crops for Pepsi’s range of brands adopt...

During the past several years, irrigation equipment manufacturers have been busy reinventing sprinkler systems to serve more as "hired hands" than just an efficient way to water crops. From running...

Irrigation is a really effective mitigation strategy during drought.

Arable farmer and contractor Willie Houbraken uses AgroExact's weather station and soil moisture sensor to irrigate and spray on time. Like crop advisor Berit Herman of Alliance, he is enthusiastic about...

Precision agriculture practices involve more precise seeding, irrigation, fertilization, and pesticide use in order to optimize crop production for the purpose of increasing grower revenue and reducing the impact of...

Many of these are center pivot irrigation systems, and their role has grown in importance for agriculture over the past decade or so.

The project is not the first time China has attempted to direct water to Xinjiang and relocate a greater number of Chinese migrants to southern Xinjiang.

Many practitioners consider using irrigation to protect their crops from drought. Getting started with irrigation is not worth it for every farm. In dry summers, sprinkling can save yields. However, getting started is not...

 Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey delivered his final State of the State to a joint session of the Arizona Legislature. While recapping successes of the administration over the past seven years, Ducey set...

The shortage of water in the reservoirs spaniards during the last months of 2021 marked the first weeks of the current campaign seed. Few records lows that caused a lot of...

Potato is an important crop in the United States, with a value of $4.02 billion (USDA-NASS 2018). Florida produces one-third of the winter/spring crop in the nation and is ranked...

5G-NR is set to transform water management as it is a much faster technology. Monitoring infrastructure and irrigation water consumption in agriculture will become commonplace in the coming years. Remote...

He wanted to get the most out of the crop with drip irrigation- 15 potato tubers per plant

Center pivot fertigation may be the future for potato production.

For more than 50 years, Lindsay has been a pioneer provider of irrigation and water management solutions. From the strength and durability of Zimmatic pivot systems to the intelligence and...

In 1954, Richard Reinke manufacturing began ag and commercial equipment on his family farm in south-central Nebraska. Many of his innovations, including the Electrogator center pivot irrigation system, became standards that...

Founded in 1955 by Leroy Thom and J. G. Love, T-L Irrigation had already become an established manufacturer of gravity irrigation systems and grain dryers by the time the first...

With Alberta’s irrigation infrastructure undergoing an almost billion-dollar upgrade and Saskatchewan expanding its own system, water is aplenty in the West.

For Matt Friend, monitoring 4,500 acres with 45 center-pivot irrigation systems keeps him moving during the growing season. With irrigated corn, along with various vegetables under irrigation, the Mason County, Illinois,...

It was supposed to be for one year only when the Prince Edward Island provincial government placed a moratorium on high capacity wells for irrigation in 2001. Instead, it lasted...

Here, you’ll find several precision Ag products that will give you a leg up by providing a deeper look at your farm, your crops and your practices.

Soiltech Wireless has a soil moisture sensor which is cheaper than competitors and can do more than just monitor water.

On the bone-dry western flank of Arizona, where the Colorado River Basin meets the Mojave Desert, sit 11,000 acres of alfalfa, sorghum, wheat, and Sudan grass belonging to the Colorado...

As water scarcity increases, scientists around the world are looking at growers’ options for irrigation methods. Here are three studies with some interesting results. How Negative Pressure Irrigation in Field...

Proper season-long soil moisture is the key to maximizing tuber yield, quality and grower return. 

Potatoes are the most important vegetable grown in Israel and are an important crop in the Negev desert region in the southern part of Israel. Being a desert region rainfall...

In the business economics Binternet accounting of Wageningen UR, the percentage of arable farms that irrigate has increased from 25 percent in 2016 to 45 percent in 2019. The figures...

According to Wilson’s Country agronomist Stuart Meredith, up to 30% of potato crops in the Republic of Ireland are now being irrigated in order to maintain yields. The equivalent figure...

In a fertigation trial in potatoes, Aeres University of Applied Sciences compares schemes with four nitrogen levels and two different phosphate levels. The moisture supply is based on soil moisture sensors. The...

By putting water at the heart of business operations and increasing water self-sufficiency, arable farms become less dependent on the weather. Restrictions on water use are also decreasing. This makes arable farmers...

The agriculture industry — including both the potato and irrigation industries — has had its share of challenges to overcome in the last year. Through strength and resiliency, our industries...

We've been irrigation the potatoes intensively for several weeks now, with increasingly tight shifts

In order to provide the plant with an even more targeted watering, Delphy has set up trials at two companies in which irrigating crops based on data is central.

SupPlant’s technology aims to address the impact of global warming worldwide on smallholder farmers and is designed for the world’s 450 million small growers, as 76 percent of farmers grow...

CurieuzeNeuzen in de Tuin, the largest ever citizen research project in Flanders into heat and drought, is now also installing 500 smart sensors or 'field daggers' in various potato fields...

Crop4Sight recently announced the release of its easy to use potato irrigation-scheduling tool. The new tool uses a state-of-the-art potato specific water balance model. The tool delivers convenient irrigation schedules...

Some of these new irrigation tech technologies will be showcased in a couple of virtual sessions during Potato Expo 2021.

The Irrigation Association (IA) announces that July 2021 has once again been designated as Smart Irrigation Month

From water management methods to research project results, our resources will help you to decide when and how to irrigate.   Why do we irrigate? Water is applied to potato...

There is significant opportunity for growers to increase farm profits and conserve water by quickly detecting and correcting common drip irrigation issues like plugs, leaks and pressure issues.

Coming back to the Skagit Valley, there are so many problems we can solve here to make people’s lives better,

A new University of Illinois-led study identifies obstacles and solutions to improve performance and adoption of irrigation decision support tools at the field scale. With threats of water scarcity complicating...

On March 31st, the R&D director of Udapa Ana Carrasco and Jon Legorburu, the cooperative's agricultural technical engineer, participated in the webinar “Innovating in potato irrigation using precision tools”, where the results...

With propane engines, farmers can take back control of their farms with continuous access to reliable propane

The tests are carried out on two potato plots with sandy and clay soil

released a study quantifying the extent and impact of drip irrigation issues in agriculture.

Sow, apply drip tape and create an anti-dust cover in one pass

Fertigation, in which drip irrigation is combined with fertilization, provides substantial additional yields

A story about Komet's products on South African farms In a fast-paced world where few things are built to last, long-term dependability is as valuable as it is rare. At...

Valley Irrigation has acquired PivoTrac, an ag tech company based in the Texas Panhandle. PivoTrac offers solutions focused on remote monitoring of center pivot irrigation machines. “We are proud to welcome PivoTrac...