Agrotech
Kansas father and son grow corn, soybeans and wheat on 40% less water
Ray and Ryan Flickner's 1,000-acre Moundridge farm pairs subsurface drip irrigation laid in 2001 with strip-till, no-till, cover crops, drip lines retrofitted to pivots, an autonomous irrigator and plant sensors — and produced about 26 bushels per inch of water in the dry 2024 season, ten more than