It's the dead of night in rural Indiana when a truck pulls up alongside a central pivot irrigation system. Two men dressed in black get out with bolt cutters in hand, and over the next several minutes ...

CLOVERDALE — On a hot afternoon in early September, Tygh Redfield stood on the edge of his hay field and surveyed the landscape. In the distance, a massive metal pivot slowly circled the ground, ...

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.