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 have helped farmers around the globe grow more with less.
What Richard started, Reinke Manufacturing has advanced over the last 67 years. Headquartered in Deshler, Neb., Reinke continues to develop products and technologies designed to help growers increase agricultural production while providing labor savings and environmental efficiencies.
As the world’s largest privately held manufacturer of center pivot and lateral-move irrigation systems, Reinke continues to be a leader in the irrigation industry. And with hundreds of dealers in more than 40 countries, Reinke provides reliable planning, installation and service for ag producers.
Through the years, Reinke has given growers quality products for efficient irrigation application in order to maximize productivity and grow uniform crops. Potato growers know exactly how much precision irrigation positively impacts their crop yields, and in turn, their bottom lines.
From award-winning technology to reliable center pivots, Reinke has it covered:
- The electronic swing arm corner, known as ESAC, improves water uniformity on corners to irrigate up to 98.7 percent of total acres.
- Web-based ReinCloud makes it easy to organize, monitor and control irrigation by property, zone and equipment.
- SAC VRI is a total systems approach that allows greater efficiency for growers who wish to utilize variable rate irrigation on the entire system.
- Through a partnership with CropX, Reinke’s precision irrigation systems use data analyzed by easy-to-install and affordable soil monitoring sensors, creating some of the world’s finest irrigation scheduling tools.
Innovative and reliable, Reinke puts the right tools in growers’ hands so they can be good stewards of their resources and maximize productivity.
Reinke Manufacturing company development history
- 1954 Reinke Manufacturing Company is founded.
- 1968 – The first system with a collector ring allowing circular movement is produced.
- 1973 – the company produced pipes made of alloy with addition of chromium and nickel, resistant to corrosion, released the industry’s first aluminum pivot – Alumigator.
- 1975 Reinke Manufacturing Company began using the single leg design.
- 1976 – The company began to use high-strength steel to produce an irrigation system to reduce the weight of the machines.
- 1979 – First release of the Maxigator system.
- 1986 Reinke developed and patented an “Energy Saving Set” (ESP) for wing extension systems to conserve energy and improve irrigation uniformity.
- 1998 – The company launched the world’s first stainless steel pivot.
- 2000 – Reinke Manufacturing Company developed the Pivoting Maxigator deployable lateral system.
- 2002 Navigator GPS for extension wing systems released, single phase power options developed.
- 2003 – the Electrogator II system was developed (new design of towers and spans).
- 2004 – Launch of Reinke Navigator® GPS on linear systems for precision and accuracy in their movement.
- 2005 – Precision Management (RPM) control panel is created for many fine control options.
- 2006 – the operation of the OnTrac® remote monitoring and control system began (communication is carried out via satellite antennas).
- 2007 – For the first time in the industry, Reinke machines begin to use a three-wheel drive support.
- 2009 – New RPM Preffered Touch Screen Technology control panel with Windows PC.
- 2012 – Created a variable intensity irrigation (VRI) system, controlled by a Reinke Touch Screen control panel.
- 2015 – a frontal circular system with built-in GPS guidance was developed, combining the advantages of a circular and frontal systems.
- 2016 – developed cloud server ReinCloud, an online platform that allows farmers to collect, store and process key data about the field and sprinkler systems.
For more information on products and services available from Reinke, visit www.reinke.com. To find a dealer who will work with you, from customer design to making sure your irrigation system performs as expected year after year, visit www.reinke.com/find-a-dealer.
