Irrigation Specialties

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JOHN DEERE DEALER PURCHASES CENTER PIVOT DEALERSHIP
21st Century Equipment, LLC has announced that it has completed the purchase of the assets of Irrigation Specialties, the Valley center pivot dealer in Gering, Nebraska. 21st Century Equipment is a multi-store John Deere dealership headquartered in Bridgeport, Nebraska. The new enterprise in Gering will operate as 21st Century Water Technologies, LLC.
“The current management and staff at Irrigation Specialties will continue to manage the day to day operations” says Owen Palm, the General Manager for 21st Century Equipment. Palm went on to say “Chad Schneider and his team have built a very strong business over the past five years. We both believe the irrigation business will even be stronger when it is supported by our existing John Deere organization in the panhandle region. The new company, 21st Century Water Technologies, will continue to provide Valley center pivot sales, parts and service, as well as welding, fabrication and machine shop services from their Gering location. However, one big change will be the incorporation of subsurface drip irrigation design and installation services with materials manufactured by John Deere Water, a recently formed division of Deere and Company.”
“Water for irrigation is becoming a more and more precious commodity” continues Palm. “Both available and emerging technologies, to better manage and control irrigation water application, are going to be key to maintaining profitable agricultural production in western Nebraska and around the world. Technologies like subsurface drip irrigation from John Deere and variable rate irrigation water application capability from Valley, will allow us to conserve irrigation water. These new water management technologies also tie-in directly to our other precision farming technologies, such as site-specific, prescription-based, variable rate seeding and fertilizing, that we are actively promoting and supporting at our John Deere dealerships. Better irrigation management is just another step in the process of trying to do better with less.”
21st Century Water Technologies will continue to operate in the current facility in Gering and telephone numbers will remain the same. An Irrigation Field Day will be scheduled in early August to view recently completed subsurface drip irrigation projects and a variable rate pivot irrigation project that is underway in the Bridgeport area. More information on this Field Day will be provided at a later date.
21st Century Equipment is a leading John Deere agricultural dealer providing advanced products and technology that serve customers in production agriculture, turf care, grain storage, outdoor recreational products and irrigation. Since inception in 1996, 21st Century Equipment has gained a reputation for innovation, quality, integrity and commitment in its trade area of western Nebraska, eastern Wyoming, southwest South Dakota and northeast Colorado.