Valley Introduces Pivot Cruise Control

Valley Irrigation recently introduced Pivot Cruise Control software, which allows producers to be even more precise with chemigation and fertigation.

With the patent pending Cruise Control, available exclusively from Valley Irrigation, producers can program a center pivot irrigation machine equipped with a Pro2 control panel to automatically adjust its speed, based on completing a defined number of degrees in a specific amount of time.

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This feature will help producers more precisely manage chemigation and fertigation through their center pivot irrigation equipment.
“We’ve been asking the irrigation industry for something like this,” said Kent Madison, a diversified crop producer who farms in the Columbia basin area of Oregon. “Valley Irrigation was responsive and really listened to customer demand. I really think Cruise Control can do for the irrigation industry what GPS did for autosteer.”

John Rasmus, controls product manager for Valmont, the parent company of Valley Irrigation, said that producers should find Cruise Control very easy to use.

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“Producers already have a lot of individual elements to manage in the day-to-day operation of their farms, and they have only so many hours in the day,” said Rasmus, “so we made sure Cruise Control would be simple to operate.”

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Cruise Control will be standard on all Pro2 panels this spring. Existing Pro2 control panels can be upgraded with Cruise Control software. Interested producers should contact their Valley Irrigation dealer for more information or visit www.ValleyIrrigation.com.

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Avatar for Anonymous Anonymous says:

This has been an standard feature on a Reinke irrigation system for more than 10 years. Not sure how they can claim it to be exclusive when their competitor has had it for years.