OLATHE, Kansas, March 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lindsay
Corporation (NYSE: LNN), a leading global manufacturer and
distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and
technology, today hosted Water Matters 3.6.18 – an educational event focused on
efficient irrigation and the role it plays in precision agriculture
and emerging smart farming practices. The event was held at
Lindsay-owned Elecsys Corporation, a technology design and
manufacturing production facility in Olathe, Kansas.
"Whether it's driverless tractors, drones or smart irrigation -
precision technology is the key to helping farmers meet growing
global food, fuel and fiber challenges," said Brian Magnusson, vice president of technology at
Lindsay Corporation. "Our goal today was to raise awareness of
precision irrigation tools and practices and the increasing, global
impact they will have on the future of agriculture."
The event featured a panel discussion with growers and other
industry experts, hands-on demonstrations of some of the cutting
edge technology that's driving precision irrigation and a behind
the scenes tour of Lindsay's technology production process.
"I'm a farmer that likes to be on the edge and try new things,
and one of the biggest things I have in my operation is
irrigation," said panel member John
Breedlove, owner of Breedlove Farms in Manito, Illinois. "I'm lucky, because I have a
great aquifer to run from. It would be easy to just push the button
and run the system whenever I want, but I don't think that's the
right way to do things anymore. It's important for me to understand
how my crop is using water, so I can be more efficient with my
irrigation and maybe bump up my yields, too."
Breedlove relies on Lindsay's FieldNET® technology
for remote monitoring and control of his irrigation systems. He
added FieldNET's fully-integrated FieldNET Advisor™ irrigation
recommendation tool into the system last year, so he now also
receives field-specific information that helps him decide when,
where and how much to irrigate.
Also at the event, Randy Wood,
Lindsay's president of agricultural irrigation, announced a new
data connection with the John Deere Operations Center, which will
help FieldNET Advisor users make even faster, better-informed
decisions using data from their farm equipment that's connected to
the John Deere Operations Center. This, he said, can result in
improved productivity and profitability for growers.
Wood also commented on the company's commitment to continuous
innovation, announcing enhanced technology offerings and the
expansion of FieldNET and FieldNET Advisor to more growers around
the world. He also detailed a goal to help growers save more than
700 billion gallons of water and more than one billion kilowatt
hours of energy by the year 2022.
"To put that in tangible terms, the amount of water we hope to
help growers save is over 10 percent more than the Lake of the
Ozarks or roughly half the size of Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain," he said. "In
terms of carbon emissions, the savings is equivalent to 200,000
passenger vehicles operating for a year or the equivalent of
burning 100 million gallons of gasoline."
Wood added that progress toward these goals will be tracked at
www.myfieldnet.com. He also called on other organizations to
make a similar commitment to water conservation.
"The effort to sustain and protect the world for future
generations must include effective water management," he said.
"It's up to all of us to make 'water matters' a priority."
For more information about Lindsay Corporation and efficient
irrigation management technologies, visit www.Lindsay.com.
About Lindsay Corporation
Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN) is a leading global manufacturer
and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and
technology. Established in 1955, the company has been at the
forefront of research and development of innovative solutions to
meet the food, fuel, fiber and transportation needs of the world's
rapidly growing population. Lindsay manufactures center pivot and
lateral move agricultural irrigation systems and technologies
irrigating approximately 12 million acres (4.8 million hectares) in
over 90 countries, through its worldwide network of more than 350
dealers. The Lindsay family of irrigation brands includes
Zimmatic® and FieldNET® as well as irrigation
consulting, design, pump and filtration offerings, advanced
machine-to-machine communication, remote control and monitoring
technology, and wireless networking solutions. Also a global leader
in the transportation industry, Lindsay Transportation Solutions
manufactures equipment to improve road safety and keep traffic
moving on the world's roads, bridges and tunnels, through the
Barrier Systems®, Road Zipper® and Snoline™
brands. For more information about Lindsay Corporation, visit
www.Lindsay.com.
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sole discretion. Any new or supplemental features, functionality,
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FieldNET, Zimmatic, FieldNET Advisor, Barrier Systems, Road
Zipper and Snoline are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Lindsay Corporation and/or its affiliates.
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