Key Takeaways GPS vs traditional pivot guidance for soybeans is a comparison where the right answer depends heavily on what type of guidance is being compared and what it’s guiding. For standard circular center pivots without corner arms, GPS adds position data visibility but doesn’t fundamentally change the machine’s path accuracy over correctly functioning conventional…

Key Takeaways T-L irrigation pricing for soybeans is not a number you can look up — it’s a number you get from a T-L dealer after providing your field dimensions, tower count, water supply situation, and desired control options. Like all major center pivot brands, T-L doesn’t publish a national retail price list because system…

Key Takeaways Pivot wheel track compaction and soybean yield is a topic where the yield data is less alarming than the visible field evidence — severely rutted, waterlogged pivot tracks look dramatic but the whole-field yield penalty from track compaction is typically modest when tracks represent 2–5% of total irrigated acreage. The more important management…

Key Takeaways Buried vs above-ground irrigation pipeline for soybean operations is a decision that looks like a cost trade-off but is actually a service life and field operations trade-off. The upfront cost difference between a trenched and buried HDPE mainline and a surface-laid polyethylene line is real — but the buried line will still be…