Plastro Acquisition Makes Deere Third-Largest Irrigation Company

Matt Hopkins Posted by Matt Hopkins|10 June 2008

A Deere acquisition of Plastro Irrigation Systems, Ltd., headquartered in Israel – just weeks after its acquisition of T-Systems International – makes John Deere Water Technologies the third-largest agricultural irrigation company in the world.

Michael McGrady, president of John Deere Water Technologies, said, "Precision irrigation will help the world meet its demand for increased productivity from agriculture. The world s population growth, demand for improved nutrition globally, and increased interest in renewable fuels all require much more precision in the management of the world s fresh water and arable land."

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