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.

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 ...

For more than a decade brothers Dennis and Joe Shryock have ran center pivot irrigation units on their corn and soybean operation near Columbia, Mo. Their sons, Brett and Mike, liked the way ...

Tygh Redfield stands in front of a pivot irrigation system he helped install on a field he owns near his home in Cloverdale. Redfield said he switched to the pivot system after piping began on the ...

With declining Ogallala Aquifer levels and rising input costs, efficient irrigation is more critical than ever for Kansas farmers. Since 1989, irrigated acres in western Kansas have dropped by nearly ...

Researchers have found that rust-coated irrigation pivots could signal an absence of nitrate in nearby groundwater -- and position them as a guidepost when monitoring for the contaminant, which has ...

Oregon land use regulators would study installing solar panels in unused irrigation pivot corners under a bill meant to boost revenues for farmers facing groundwater restrictions. House Bill 3346 ...