hydro turbine

Water turbine for electricity generation in the Pivot

With the same water employed by the Pivot, and exploiting the overpressures, we can produce electrical power to move any of the Pivot models on the market (also saving on electricity or diesel fuel). This equipment supplies the Pivot irrigation systems, with no need to install a diesel-electric generator or to depend on third-party suppliers…

center pivot management

Improved center Pivot management

There are a few common mistakes that growers should avoid related to their center Pivot management practices. Growers sometimes wait too long to begin irrigating, meaning surface moisture becomes depleted and the grower is left playing catch up. To compensate, they speed up the system and run it around the field every day. When growers…

rice

Tips toward good rice head yields

Here are several tips that will affect rice head yields, according to different studies. Varietal characteristics includes physical and chemical characteristics of grain, time of maturity, and uniformity of ripening. Time of planting. Early plantings of non-photoperiod sensitive varieties result in grain ripening during periods of wide day/night temperatures or high daytime temperatures which does…