Irrigation
Huma expands Surf-Max access to California as western water pressures intensify
Irrigation experts explain how tracking daily “deposits and withdrawals” can prevent costly watering mistakes and protect yields during critical growth stages.
Netafim North America’s Melissa Lilze talks the top five trends that will impact irrigators in the coming year.
The Association of Equipment Manfacturers (AEM), in partnership with leading ag groups, has released an updated report detailing the significant benefits of precision agriculture across the United States.
There are only two months left for Mexico to deliver almost a million acre-feet of water. While it might deliver some, the impacts on Texas growers are going to be tough.
Latin American climatech company Kilimo partners with Microsoft and Netafim in a private-private partnership to shift Central Valley irrigators from flood to drip.
“Think of NDVI as a lagging indicator, because if the crop is showing a color or density change, the stress has already occurred,” says Pieter Fossel of Hydrosat. “Whereas with thermal land surface temperatures, that’s a leading indicator one to two weeks before you’ll see the stress show up in the vegetable index.”
A roundup of farm machinery product releases and company news from the first month of 2025.
JDLink Boost can help farmers overcome poor connectivity issues, and a new high-speed disk series is now available in widths ranging from 25 to 45 feet.
Netafim, an international pioneer for subsurface irrigation, has a new offering in its GrowSphere operating system.
A quick roundup of farm equipment and technology news for the week of September 8, 2024.
CropX Technologies announced the launch of Reinke Direct ET™ by CropX, a sensor-based innovation that provides Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) measurements on a Reinke center pivot irrigation system.
High-resolution imagery will be incorporated into Lindsay’s FieldNET irrigation management tool offers increased visibility of crop and field conditions
AgLaunch is hosting 8 row crop agtech start-ups for the 2022 AgLaunch365 Row Crop Challenge. Up to five teams will be selected for the AgLaunch365 Accelerator and on-farm trials with AgLaunch Farmer Network members.
A new wave of technology development is putting farmers in the driver’s seat. Examples include EarthSense, Rantizo, Rabbit Tractors, PumpTrakr, Zimmerman Manufacturing and GroGuru.
The lasers will cut production time on a large number of parts used to assemble Reinke’s precision irrigation systems.
Five farming operations in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Nebraska highlight irrigation adjustments that target dollar per drop in order to tap profit.
“I’ve seen T-L pivots in just about every situation—but seeing one with the White House in the background, well that’s pretty much it, isn’t it,” said Dave Thom, president of T-L Irrigation Co.
FieldNet is a wireless telemetry tool for remote monitoring and control of irrigation systems, and the technology is compatible with all electric pivot brands.
The Ogallala Aquifer is the largest groundwater system in North America. It spans nine states and covers 175,000 square miles.
Valley Irrigation announced improvements to Valley GPS Guidance to providing growers with the latest advancements in competitive GPS corner technology.