Climate Change Workshop 2008 Watering the Next Century: Sustaining a Resource for the Future Bob Snoozy Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing Lindsay Corporation
Climate Change Workshop 2008
Watering the Next Century:Sustaining a Resource for the Future
Bob Snoozy Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing
Lindsay Corporation
Challenges for Irrigators
• Use less Water
• Use Less Energy
• Do it with less Labor
• Do it Environmentally Friendly
• Do it Economically
WIND RESISTANCE RATING
Spray losses - 3-5% for 3-6 ft height
10% on top of pipe
can double as wind speed increases from 0-5 mph to 5-10 mph
Brad King, U of ID & Dennis Kincaid, USDA-ARS
Application Eff. – 85% for Low-Angle Impacts
92% at 5 ft height
1 inch application on mature corn, NebGuide G97-1328-A
APPLICATION EFFICIENCY
What’s a 7% water savings worth?
2,500 Hrs/Yr (avg.) x 7% = 175 Hrs (less run time)
Assume 50 HP for pump and pivot
Cost per HP-Hr = $.07/kilowatt-hr ÷ 1.18 HP-Hr/kilowatt-hr
= $.06 / HP-hr
$ Savings = $.06/HP-Hr x 50 HP x 175 Hrs = $525 / yr
$5,250 over 10 years ($10,500 over 20)
What is 5,250 (or 10,500) fewer hours on the pivot & well worth? (drive train, contactors, micro-switches, structure)
What’s a 30 psi pressure savings worth? (from 50 psi at end to 20)
HP Savings = (800 gpm x 30 psi x 2.31 ft/psi) ÷ (3960 x 75%) = 19 HP (less 2 HP for booster pump) = 17 HP
$ Savings = $.06/HP-Hr x 17 HP x 2,500 Hrs = $2,550 / yr
$25,500 over 10 years ($51,000 over 20)
Don’t forget to add the efficiency gains too (if you add drops)!
$ Savings with Low Pressure
Savings
Less Labor Manage from Anywhere
• Offers peace of mind• Simple controls• Voice
acknowledgements and alarms
• Irrigation systems proactively alarm on unscheduled shutdowns
Voice Command
Do it Environmentally Friendly
Injectors Provide Versatile Applications
• Fungicides• Pesticides• Herbicides• Gypsum• Liquid PAM• pH control
Moisture Monitoring Benefits
• Increase profit with improved potential of crop yield and quality
• Save money by optimizing water, fertilizer and energy use
• Reduce wasteful leaching by targeting water and fertilizer to the root zone
• Sustain best management practices
Monitor your field’s Climate
• Irrigation accumulation
• Evapotranspiration• Growing degree days• Pest/disease models• Keep records• Much more..
System of the Future
In-Field Irrigation Controls
Remote Irrigation Control
Soil Moisture Monitoring
Nutrient Management Resource & PerformanceManagement
Pest & Disease Management
Micro “in-field” Climate Monitoring
Record Keeping
IntegratedSystems