AUTONOMOUS IRRIGATION ADAPTED TO
WATER APPLICATION
When the rain doesn’t come when you need it your crop pays the price. And traditional irrigation methods often waste water, fail to deliver moisture to the root zone, and struggle with full-field coverage. 360 RAIN is an adaptive irrigation machine that autonomously delivers water either banded or broadcast across your entire field, even in irregular shapes. With 360 RAIN, you irrigate on your terms.
Where water and nutrients are applied in a growing crop dictates the total amount needed for application and has a tremendous effect on the efficiency of the application.
360 RAIN delivers water and nutrients in a 15" band at the base of the plant. By doing so, the plant benefits from the power of banding, seeing 2x the amount of water compared to a broadcast application.
Banding directly over the root zone eliminates evaporation common in sprinkler irrigation systems which allows many growers to use less and still achieve the same or better yield results.
360 RAIN operates with wells supplying, on average, just 150-200 gallons per minute - easily half the volume required for conventional irrigation systems. There are a wide variety of ways to provide that water. The system can be connected directly to a well, connected to a riser and pipeline fed from outside your field, or supplied by surface water.
YIELD RESULTS
360 RAIN vs Natural Rainfall
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Natural Rainfall: 169.8 bu/ac
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360 RAIN: 221.8 bu/A
+52 bu/A
The area outlined on the left side of the field indicates where 360 RAIN ran compared to the right side with natural rainfall strips.
360 RAIN vs Pivot
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Pivot: 215 bu/ac
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360 RAIN: 233 bu/A
+18 bu/A
Pivot irrigation and 360 RAIN both covered 91 acres. The area the pivot irrigation covered is on the left side of the white line and 360 RAIN is on the right side. The yield results are pulled from 5.1 acres.
WORD FROM THE FIELD
TRENT STOLLER | OHIO
"On windy days, we aren’t able to run our center pivot irrigation because of the wind blowing the water and manure around. With the RAIN unit it’s not problem as it lays it right at the base of the plant."