More productivity will be achieved by robotic irrigation on fields the size of 69 football fields each.

The harvest season has ended in the 492-acre wheat fields, each the size of 69 football fields, at the Gözlü Agricultural Enterprise, the third largest enterprise of the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TİGEM) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Production is carried out with rain, drip, and robotic irrigation systems at the TİGEM Gözlü Agricultural Enterprise Directorate in Sarayönü district of Konya, where modern equipment and technology are used.

The busiest and most active days of the season were experienced at the enterprise, where the harvest was completed in a 63,500-acre wheat field.

According to the movable robotic irrigation system (center pivot) based on the center of the field, the harvest was carried out with numerous combine harvesters in the 492-acre circular fields.

WHEAT FIELDS THE SIZE OF 69 FOOTBALL FIELDS EACH

An average of 500-600 kilograms of yield per acre was obtained in the barley fields, each the size of 69 football fields. Dudu Erdoğan, the Head of the TİGEM Plant Production Branch at Gözlü, said that the excitement of the harvest was experienced at the enterprise.

Erdoğan stated that 34,500 acres of the enterprise's fields were irrigated, "We have wheat planted in two of our 7 center pivot fields. This area is 492 acres, and we completed the harvest process with 9 combine harvesters in 3 hours. We also had barley planting in our other circular field. We obtained an average yield of 500-600 kilograms per acre. In total, we expect a yield of 16,000 tons in 63,500 acres of wheat. We certify the products we obtain in the seed preparation facility and offer them to our farmers," he said.

ROBOTIC IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS USED

Erdoğan stated that they benefit from modern irrigation facilities, saying, "In addition to rain and drip irrigation systems, we also benefit from the robotic pivot irrigation system. The irrigation system irrigates by rotating around its own axis. We obtain more products per unit area. It is more efficient compared to other irrigation systems. The circular field has no corners."