Applying water with a center pivot irrigation sprinkler boosts crop efficiency and keeping it as a top performing farm asset requires regular maintenance. Ed Heim, sales manager at Hoxie Implement Co.

CLOVERDALE — On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape. In the distance, a massive metal pivot slowly circled the ground, ...

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 ...

With irrigation systems running across Kansas fields, a simple adjustment could make a big difference in conserving water and boosting crop performance —slowing down the speed of center pivot systems.

ARCO, Idaho — An increasing number of farmers in eastern Idaho are revamping their pivot systems and adopting a new variation that helps them save water and energy while benefiting their crops. Jesse ...

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.

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 order for plants to survive, they need sun and water. Unfortunately sun will deplete readily available water for plants in arid or semi-arid climates. Water provides nutrients to a plant so it can ...

Oh, we don’t have to worry about that area. They have red pivots. On its face, the anecdote was clear enough. The “red” in question, Troy Gilmore knew, was rust. The pivots, meanwhile, were center ...

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.