New Tools to Boost Efficiency at the Middle Republic Natural Resources District

The Middle Republican Natural Resource District (MRNRD) is one of Nebraska’s 23 natural resources districts (NRDs)—local, watershed-based agencies that handle a wide variety of environmental issues across the state, including groundwater quantity and quality, soil erosion, and flood prevention. In a district in which the largest source of water is groundwater—with an estimated 77 million […]

Reinke Brings Smiles to Family With Minipivot

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Each day is a new opportunity to help others. Reinke Manufacturing’s daily work involves putting the finest irrigation products and technologies in the hands of growers around the world. But one day last fall, Reinke and one of its dealers in Nebraska had the opportunity to install a minipivot that did far more […]

A Program to Help Frito-Lay’s Farmers With Land Stewardship That Boosts the Bottom Line

Nebraska’s Central Platte Natural Resource District (CPNRD) is working with Precision Conservation Management (PCM) to help growers for the local Frito-Lay plant assess and integrate conservation practices that can improve the environment as well as their bottom lines. In this interview, Irrigation Leader speaks with CPNRD General Manager Lyndon Vogt and PCM Conservation Specialist Darren […]

THE EQUIPMENT INTERVIEWS

Number of employees: 80  Size of service area in acres: 90,640  Amount of water diverted for irrigation per year in acre-feet: 282,098 (2010); 57,707 (2021)  Main crops irrigated: Alfalfa, chiles, cotton, onions, pecans  Predominant irrigation methods: Flood, drip  [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Patrick Sullivan Treasurer-Manager Elephant Butte Irrigation District Las Cruces, NM  Irrigation Leader: How many vehicles […]

THE EQUIPMENT INTERVIEWS

Number of employees: 111 full time plus 5–10 seasonal  Size of service area in acres: 233,000  Amount of water diverted per year for irrigation in acre-feet: 980,000  Main crops irrigated: Alfalfa, apples and other tree fruit, corn, grass seed, potatoes, onions, timothy hay, wheat  Predominant irrigation methods: Sprinkler  [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] John O’Callaghan Secretary/Manager South Columbia […]

THE EQUIPMENT INTERVIEWS

Number of employees: 63  Size of service area in acres: 55,105  Total amount of water diverted per year for irrigation in acre-feet: Billed—105,393; available—133,768  Main irrigated crops: Almonds, corn, grapes, pasture, rice  Predominant irrigation methods: Drip tape, flood, pivot  [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] José Nuncio President Sorraia Valley Irrigators and Water Users Association Coruche, Portugal  Irrigation Leader: […]

THE EQUIPMENT INTERVIEWS

Number of employees: 165  Size of service area in acres: 1.6 million; about 600,000 irrigated  Amount of water diverted per year for irrigation in acre-feet: 220,000 diverted on average with about 50 percent used for irrigation  Main crops irrigated: Alfalfa, corn  Predominant irrigation methods: Flood, pivot  [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Jerry Gibbens Director of Operations Northern Water […]

THE EQUIPMENT INTERVIEWS

Number of employees: 51  Size of service area in acres: 70,000  Amount of water diverted for irrigation per year in acre-feet: 125,000  Main crops irrigated: Citrus fruit, corn, cotton, grain, sugarcane, vegetables  Predominant irrigation methods: Flood, drip, sprinkler  [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Troy Allen General Manager Delta Lake Irrigation District Edcouch, TX  Irrigation Leader: How many vehicles […]