NE

The First Official Nebraska Tractor Test was Started in this Building March 31, 1920. These Pioneer Tests Became Worldwide Standards and are Recognized by The American Society of Agricultural Engineers as an Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering. 1980

Image Credit

Courtesy Flickr/pscf11 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Image Caption

John Deere 8360RT (lead tractor) under test at the University of Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory.

Luebben Round Baler

Admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 08:30:45 +0000

Luebben Round Baler

Krishna Kanth Mon, 04/02/2018 - 04:30

Society

ASABE

Main Category

Agricultural & Biological

Era

1890-1899

Date Created

1892

Address1

Pioneer Village

Address2

138 US-6

City

Minden

State

Country

USA

Zip

68959

Website

https://www.asabe.org/awards-landmarks/asabe-historic-landmarks/luebben-round-b…

Creator

Luebben, Hugh

Luebben Hay Baler - Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering. In 1892, Hugh Luebben from Sutton, Nebraska, with sons Melchior and Ummo built a mobile machine to produce round hay bales between two sets of rotating flat belts. They began manufacturing the baler in 1909 in Beatrice and later moved to Omaha, Nebraska. Allis-Chalmers purchased the patent in 1939 and eventually sold 77,200 "Roto-Balers." The Luebben baler made handling easier, improved hay quality, and reduced costs. The same basic design is used on modern large round balers. Dedicated by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 1993

Center Pivot Irrigator

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:39:32 +0000

Center Pivot Irrigator

(not verified) Wed, 07/25/2012 - 03:39

Society

ASABE

Main Category

Agricultural & Biological

Sub Category

Water Supply & Control

Era

1950-1959

Date Created

1952

Location Country

Coordinates

40.502999, -98.951823

Address1

Pioneer Village

Address2

138 E US Highway 6

City

Minden

State

Country

USA

Zip

68959

Website

http://www.asabe.org/awards-landmarks/asabe-historic-landmarks/center-pivot-irr…

Creator

Zybach, Frank

Frank Zybach, a tenant farmer and inventor living near Strasburg, Colorado, received a patent for a "Self-Propelled Sprinkling Irrigating Apparatus" on July 22, 1952. The device used mobile towers to continuously move a pipeline in a circle around a pivot. Water was supplied through the pivot and distributed by sprinklers on the pipeline. Zybach formed a partnership with A.E. Trowbridge, an entrepreneur-businessman, in 1953 to manufacture center pivots in Columbus, Nebraska. In 1954 manufacturing rights were sold to Valley Manufacturing, starting a world-wide industry including several manufacturers. The center pivot was the first system capable of automatically, efficiently and uniformly irrigating a variety of crops, soils, sloping terrains and field sizes. Agricultural engineers have improved the safety, efficiency and dependability of the original design. The center pivot has become the most widely used method of sprinkler irrigation. By 1992 over 110,000 machines were being used to irrigate 14 million acres in the U.S. Center pivots have contributed to a dependable, high quality, food and fiber supply through efficient use of soil and water.