The peculiar geometry surrounding a Texas panhandle town is the legacy of one transformative mid-century innovation.

Human existence boils down to one brutal fact: however much food you have, it’s enough to last for the rest of your life. Finding your next meal has always been the central organizing fact of life, ...

We humans are supposed to number about 7.8 billion by 2050. Feeding every one of those mouths demands food production in new, less-than-“optimal” areas. Like the Sahara. And if these monstrous ...

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.

If you live in the Great Plains, sooner or later you’ll get a question about those “crop circles” that can be observed from airplane windows during flights over the region. The answer is contained in ...

Developer Loop Energia has built a 1.2 MW offgrid solar plant that now serves a center-pivot irrigation system in the Brazilian state of Bahia. The project reportedly enables local farmers to double ...