Irrigation
IAS automates diesel pump, generator for center-pivot systems
Irrigation Automation Systems, a leader in remote monitoring and control via the internet of agricultural process control, has introduced automation f... more »
Valley Irrigation adds automatic wireless update capability
Valley Irrigation has announced another industry first: the ability to push updates “over the air” to its ICON control panels. This ag tech adva... more »
Valley Irrigation to launch Valley 365 single-source platform in 2020
Valley Irrigation will launch Valley 365, a new single-source platform for connected crop management, in early 2020. Valley 365 combines the top fea... more »
5 ways to decrease fertilizer use
Commercial organic and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer helps feed around half of the world’s population. While excessive fertilizer use poses environm... more »
Variable rate technology pays off in the Netherlands
University of Wageningen researcher Corné Kempenaar and his colleagues at the Department of Agro Systems Research conducted a study to assess the cos... more »
Soil moisture probe technology has advanced in recent years
CropLogic targeted southern Idaho when it opened a U.S. office because the company feels its irrigation technology would be especially useful to potat... more »
Senninger Irrigation announces leadership change for Grand Island location
After more than 28 years, Ray Glaser is retiring as area manager of Senninger Irrigation's Grand Island, Nebraska location, the company announced. Ove... more »
Drip, VRI, drones among advancements in irrigation
Water availability and water quality make up what is a two-headed monster facing growers around the world, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. I... more »
Valmont, Prospera enter agreement to advance ML technology in agriculture
Valmont Industries Inc., an Omaha, Nebraska-based irrigation firm and the parent company of Valley Irrigation, and Prospera Technologies Inc., an Isra... more »
USDA conducting two new studies on irrigation practices
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two special studies as part of the 2017 C... more »
