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Monty Teeter is a life ogies and benefits of both 3 long resident of the Ulyssirrigation applications. es, Kansas area. He has For many years now, 4 been a distributor, designcountless individuals have watched the depletion of 5 er, and installer of center pivots for 40 plus years, the Ogallala Aquifer. What and has experience in SDI once was seen as a vast 6 (Sub-Surface Drip Irrisupply of water in many gation) for 20 years. This areas is now becoming 6 experience plus selling less sufficient and even more than 3,500 pivots non-existent. Monty is no 8 and hundreds of acres of stranger to these depleting conditions, and has spent 9 SDI has allowed Monty to become proficient in countless hours working understanding the technolon ways to conserve and 11
efficiently use this natural resource. He has pioneered the installing of the first spray nozzles and drops in the area, developed Ultra-Drop, a UV rated PVC drop, See-Level™ gearbox lubricators, and was the first to install SDI in the Ulysses, Ks. area. Moreover, developing equipment to install polymers into the soil to reduce compaction, and installing the newest innovative ideas to deliver water. With the passions and pioneering spirit listed above, Monty felt it was very important to begin combining his knowledge of both pivots and SDI. Monty ordered a newly developed drip tubing from Netafim™. It utilizes a one GPH emitter that is pressure compensating at six PSI. The tubing is 45 mil. thick with a 6-inch emitter spacing. He worked very diligently to get farmers to try this product, however, no one wanted to experiment because of the risk of crop failure and lack of proven statistics. Monty then proceeded to purchase a farm of 320 acres with --- See Dragon-Line, Page 3
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