Deere & Company has acquired Roberts Irrigation Products.
Deere & Company has acquired Roberts Irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. Products--a
manufacturer of high performance plastic micro and drip irrigation
Main article: Irrigation
Drip irrigation, also known as trickle irrigation or microirrigation is an irrigation method that minimizes the use of water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, products for the agricultural, nursery, and greenhouse greenhouse, enclosed glass house used for growing plants in regulated temperatures, humidity, and ventilation. A greenhouse can range from a small room carrying a few plants over the winter, to an immense heated glass building called a hothouse or conservatory, markets.
The acquisition of Roberts Irrigation provides Deere a foundation
to grow its new business initiative in precision water systems.
"Among Deere & Company's strategic growth opportunities,
the water industry is one that makes very good sense," said Mike
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, Pres of John Deere's Precision Water Systems.
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