Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called water-wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which...
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partially to center pivot irrigation and to the adaptation of automotive engines to power groundwater wells. Today about 27% of the irrigated land in the...
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1879-1882 'Urabi revolt. The hub of a center-pivot irrigation system Leaks in micro-irrigation drip lines Sprinkler irrigation of blueberries in Plainville, New...
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Center pivot irrigation in Saudi Arabia is typical of many isolated irrigation projects scattered throughout the arid and hyper-arid regions of the Earth...
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Lindsay Corporation (category Irrigation in the United States)
Lindsay Manufacturing Co., is a manufacturer of Zimmatic brand center pivot irrigation systems, based in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It also manufactures...
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Center pivot irrigation sprinkler nozzles, used in crop irrigation A nozzle is a device designed to control the direction or characteristics of a fluid...
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destroyed the prison's three green houses. It also turned over a center pivot irrigation system. In 2020 the prison was affected in the COVID-19 pandemic...
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maintain. Center-pivot irrigation was invented in 1940 by farmer Frank Zybach, who lived in Strasburg, Colorado. In the 1950s, Stout-Wyss Irrigation System...
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include the Reuben sandwich; cake mix, developed by Duncan Hines; center-pivot irrigation; Raisin Bran; the first ski lift in the U.S.; the Top 40 radio...
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to: Center-pivot irrigation, in agriculture Characters per inch, in typography Cycles per instruction, in microprocessors Counts per inch Center for Public...
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region for irrigation of the Columbia Basin Project. The area surrounding Banks Lake includes hills and farmland that uses center-pivot irrigation. Wikimedia...
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Valmont Industries (category Irrigation companies)
is a large, publicly held American manufacturer of Valley center pivot and linear irrigation equipment, windmill support structures, lighting and traffic...
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few irrigation wells were drilled in areas where the soil was not sandy and was level enough for row irrigation. Later, center pivot irrigation, credited...
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Valmont Valmont Industries, a large Nebraska-based manufacturer of center pivot irrigation systems and steel utility poles Valmont, a trade mark owned by...
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is one of the most heavily irrigated oases in the Sahara. The surrounding area contains clusters of center-pivot irrigation systems used for agriculture...
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List of agricultural machinery (section Irrigation)
spreader (e.g. Terragator) Sprayer Drip irrigation/micro spray heads Sprinkler system Center pivot irrigation Hydroponics Blemish sorter. Colour sorter...
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2023 Rolling Fork–Silver City tornado (redirect from Storm Prediction Center mesoscale discussion 329)
areas of hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted, and multiple center pivot irrigation systems were flipped in this area as well. The tornado then weakened...
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Hayes County is hilly. The flattened hilltops are largely used for center pivot irrigation. Small creeks and streams drain the upper elevations; the largest...
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mixture of irrigated and dryland farms. Water for irrigation is pumped from the underlying Ogallala Aquifer, and is usually applied using center-pivot irrigation...
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commemorating Gaddafi as "River Builder" Libya portal Water portal Center pivot irrigation Dragon's Breath Cave: another fossil water store in an arid area...
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where several wooden power poles were snapped. After flipping a center pivot irrigation system, the tornado entered Sikeston while straddling the New Madrid-Scott...
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wheel or wheels in the water Center-pivot irrigation, a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are watered with sprinklers...
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Ogallala Aquifer, a huge underground layer of water-bearing strata. Center pivot irrigation is used extensively in drier sections of the Great Plains, resulting...
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Lewis, Kansas City Satellite view of Lewis and surrounding center-pivot irrigation farms (2005) Location within County and Kansas KDOT map of Edwards...
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agriculture in the modern era has occurred through the use of center-pivot irrigation systems.[citation needed] In the 21st century, the Sandhills are...
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sloping to the south-southeast. A small portion of the area is under center pivot irrigation. The county has a total area of 860 square miles (2,200 km2), of...
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Agriculture, Economic Research Service. "Facts about Farmworkers" (PDF). National Center for Farmworker Health. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2013...
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rolling hills, whose level areas are used for agriculture, including center pivot irrigation. The Keya Paha River flows east-southeastward through the northeastern...
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The land is generally given to agriculture, with considerable center pivot irrigation and cattle ranching. The North Platte River and the South Platte...
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Satellite image of crops growing in southwest Kansas, mainly using center pivot irrigation. The primary grid pattern is of quarter sections (1⁄2 mi × 1⁄2 mi...
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