Every farmer knows the cost of irrigating their crops, and anyone who has lost yield to disease and drought knows the cost of over- and underirrigating their crops.

If you own any type of electrical or pump control panels, these top five areas of concern – if addressed regularly – will add years to the lifespan of these devices, as well as reduce midseason failures that tend to happen when you can least afford them.

This article provides a quick guide to five strategies for managing ruts and recent research results of how a few strategies performed in field trials in Idaho and Utah.

Sprinkler irrigation has come a long way in the past 50 years, and pivot irrigation has seen tremendous advances in technology that improve production and efficiency.