Are you thinking of installing a center pivot irrigation system but have several questions? How much is it going to cost? Can I use my ditch or canal water, or is it better to install a well? What ...

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. Depending on the system and ...

We humans are supposed to number about 7.8 billion by 2050. Feeding every one of those mouths demands food production in new, less-than-“optimal” areas. Like the Sahara. And if these monstrous ...

WHITING, Iowa — Dolf Ivener turned to sunshine to water his corn field this growing season. Ivener became the first Siouxland farmer to power a center-pivot irrigation system with solar energy. It’s ...

Ivener became the first Siouxland farmer to power a center pivot irrigation system with solar energy. It's also one of the first of its kind nationally. He designed a photovoltaic system based on the ...

From an airliner or space shuttle, they look like perfect green dots on the face of the Earth. Nebraskans know them well. They’re called center pivots and they are one of the marvels of modern-day ...

BRULE -- Daryl Brown's life got a lot easier when he bought new center pivot irrigation equipment. The western Nebraska farmer's older unit kept breaking down. The only alternative was to release ...

Developer Loop Energia has built a 1.2 MW offgrid solar plant that now serves a center-pivot irrigation system in the Brazilian state of Bahia. The project reportedly enables local farmers to double ...