irrigation operation News
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Deere Reaches Agreement to Sell Irrigation Operations
Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its irrigation operations to FIMI Opportunity Funds, the leading private equity firm in Israel. After being involved in the production of irrigation products for seven years, Deere announced in September its intention to seek strategic options for the irrigation operations known as John Deere Water. ...
By John Deere
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Deere to Review Strategic Options for John Deere Water Operations
Deere & Company announced today it will review strategic options for its irrigation operations known as John Deere Water and has retained Bank of America Merrill Lynch as exclusive financial advisor to assist in the initiative. Deere said no formal decisions have been made and no agreements have been reached concerning the company's irrigation operations. Deere noted that effective water ...
By John Deere
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Pivot App update: Water allocation, NDVI and much more
Our Pivot App has been recently upgraded, giving row crops growers even better visibility of their plants, soil and irrigation status to support their decision making. Let's see what's new. NDVI inside NDVI maps have been added without additional cost to all our customers. With Sentinel-2 NDVI images for each plot, every 5 days (depending on cloud cover) growers have another significant data ...
By Phytech
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ADB assisting Bangladesh in improving irrigation systems
US$750,000 grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will assist Bangladesh in implementing a planned multi-million loan project in 2010 that will improve irrigation services and further enhance the country's water sector as a whole. The grant, which was approved by ADB's Board of Directors, will assess existing irrigation systems' operations and maintenance planning, as well as their ...
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Irrigate for Profit
Smart irrigation, synchronized fertilizer control, flow rate monitoring At Vinduino, every day is smart irrigation day. We help farmers irrigate for profit: improve crop results and water efficiency, while saving labor. The Vinduino wireless irrigation controller can uniquely operate a fertilizer pump, multiple irrigation valves, and track flow rate per irrigation block. The system works with ...
By Vinduino LLC
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EPA’s watersense program to label innovative watering technology/weather-based irrigation controllers can help save 110 billion gallons of water and $410 million per year on utility bills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense program announced today that irrigation controllers will soon be the first outdoor product eligible to earn the WaterSense label. The most efficient irrigation controllers, which operate like a thermostat for your sprinkler system by telling it when to turn on and off, may provide home and building owners the ability to save 110 ...
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Sustainable Lawn Care Brought to the Next Level
Furthering the world of customizable and sustainable lawn care nationwide, this biotech solution will drive nutrient use efficiency Rachio, Inc. is collaborating with Heliae™ Agriculture to provide a biotech liquid soil microbial food solution to assist with customizing lawn care nationwide. This collaboration will go to the next level of lawn care to drive nutrient use efficiency making ...
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The Dorchester of Palm Beach Slashes Water Bill by 12% With WeatherTRAK Smart Water Management Solutions
HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. announced today that The Dorchester condominium association in the Town of Palm Beach, Florida saved 1.1 million gallons of water after implementing WeatherTRAK® Smart Water Management Solutions in early 2011 to deflect continuous rate hikes and new water use restrictions while optimizing landscape health and financial ...
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Manna Irrigation and Jain Logic have Merged
We are pleased to update that the merger of Rivulis (Manna’s parent company) and Jain Irrigation’s International Business (Jain Logic’s parent company) is now fully completed. The merged company, Rivulis, will be a global micro irrigation leader, backed by two strong, long-term shareholders – Temasek and Jain Irrigation, and focused on transforming agricultural irrigation ...
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Global Market Insights Report that Micro Irrigation System Market to hit $12bn by 2024
The Micro Irrigation System Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $5 billion to over $12 billion by 2024; as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights, Inc. Rising concern for depleting water resources will drive micro irrigation system market. As per United Nations report, water availability is projected to decrease in various regions with global ...
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Watering the world
Original story at MIT News Many farms in drought-prone regions of the U.S. rely on drip irrigation as a water-saving method to grow crops. These systems pump water through long thin tubes that stretch across farm fields. Hundreds of dime-sized drippers along the length of each tube trickle water directly onto a plant’s base. A farmer can control the timing and amount of watering, ...
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