Since 2019, the Lower Loup Natural Resources District has offered cost-share to landowners to upgrade their center pivot systems to become Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) capable to control the speed ...

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.

No irrigation system can distribute water perfectly evenly across an entire field. Center pivot irrigation involves a powered structure that rotates a steel pipe with sprinklers to water crops. But ...

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.