Irrigation efficiency involves the ability to minimize water losses. Such factors as loss of water from wind drift and evaporation from the soil surface and plant affect the level of efficiency.
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Cotton crop in the Mississippi Delta
Mississippi growers put center pivots on dryland fields or convert flood irrigated fields to mechanized irrigation to reduce labor and to make the irrigation process easier to manage.
Growing malanga with Pivot irrigation
Malanga is a potato-like root crop that needs a year in the ground and a reliable source of supplemental irrigation. Linears and center Pivots can irrigate 24-hours a day all year long. That’s particularly important with malanga.