Irrigation

Improve your irrigation water management with these tips to save water without sacrificing yield. This section includes information on center pivots, drip irrigation, fertigation, and the latest irrigation technology.

Minnesota cost-share program helps upgrade irrigation systems

The program provides financial and technical support to irrigators looking to adopt and integrate proven precision irrigation technology and nitrogen management practices.

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Advantages and disadvantages to nozzles above and below the canopy

Take into account several considerations for comparing sprinkler packages, especially if the rotation includes corn or taller crops.

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What is 360 Rain?

360 Yield demonstrated its latest innovation, 360 Rain, designed to deliver crops water, nutrients, fungicides, at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois.

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Women in Agriculture

Q&A: Katherine Marcano-Bell, Dominican Republic native and Iowa farmer

By Women in Agriculture

Katherine Marcano-Bell initially worked off the farm but now farms with her husband, Brandon, and their two sons near Keota, Iowa.

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Successful Farming TV Show

Low-hour John Deere 9620 RX tractors sell at auction

By Successful Farming TV Show

The hottest piece of machinery today are track tractors. Dave travels to an auction to check out prices on a pair of John Deere 9620 RX tractors.

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Tools

Tools of the Year 2021: Shop Essentials

By Top Shops

We searched the latest innovations from manufacturers for a tool chest of necessities on the farm and ranch.

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Preseason pivot checkup

Here is a checklist of inspection pointers for pivots.

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High-speed pivots

Besides cooling crops, higher speed pivots can be ideal for chemigation as well as watering just-planted seeds.

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Save $14 an acre in furrows

Using the cutoff ratio on flood fields fine-tunes watering times.

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Irrigation’s yield advantage

The yield gap between irrigated vs. rainfed crops spreads.

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Irrigation: autonomous pivots

A 25-year veteran in the irrigation industry, Ken Goodall is astounded by recent advances in irrigation automation.

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Monitoring, control options

Valley and Lindsay offer new option to remote pivot operation.

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News News

North Carolina farmers race Hurricane Ian, harvest progress surges

Evening Edition | Monday, October 3, 2022

Harvest, hurricanes, and another season's lessons

A new justice at the U.S. Supreme Court, and an Idaho wetlands case up first

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