Selected milestone1955
A farm-equipment business begins in Lindsay, Nebraska
Lindsay's history identifies Paul Zimmerer's farm-equipment business as the company origin.
COMPANY PROFILE / AGRICULTURE
Lindsay
A global irrigation and infrastructure company whose agricultural portfolio includes Zimmatic water-application systems and FieldNET management technology.
4MILESTONES11CONTEXT RECORDS30SOURCE LINKS
FOUNDING REFERENCE1955Lindsay
01 / Company profile1context records
4 unique sources · 4 links
Open layer ↓02 / History4context records3 unique sources · 5 links
Open layer ↓03 / Brands1context records4 unique sources · 9 links
Open layer ↓04 / Product series2context records3 unique sources · 5 links
Open layer ↓05 / Technology3context records6 unique sources · 7 links
Open layer ↓manufacturer4
research3
official organization2
standard1
- 01Lindsay Corporation4 registered records
- 02University of Minnesota Extension2 registered records
- 03Computers and Electronics in Agriculture1 registered records
- 04International Organization for Standardization1 registered records
- 05Oklahoma State University Extension1 registered records
- 06USDA Agricultural Research Service1 registered records
01 / Overview
Read the company as a system.
Lindsay operates across irrigation and infrastructure. For agricultural readers, the company-level system joins Zimmatic pivots and laterals with control panels, FieldNET remote management, irrigation scheduling, and connected field information.
This profile keeps the mechanical water-delivery layer distinct from digital monitoring and decision support. A product family, controller, connectivity option, subscription, and region must be checked separately before any compatibility conclusion.
02 / Brands
The identities users meet in the market.
Brand records sit between the parent company and individual product series. They preserve ownership context while allowing regional portfolios to be documented separately.
Published company ecosystem / live map1 brand / 2 series / 3 concepts
Parent companyLindsayOwnership context, not a product-compatibility claim
03 / Timeline
The lineage behind the name.
Company history / select one milestone01 of 04 / 1955
Selected milestone1960s
The first Zimmatic center pivot enters field operation
The company history places the first Zimmatic center-pivot design and farm operation in the 1960s.
Selected milestone2006
FieldNET introduces remote irrigation management
Lindsay's history records the introduction of FieldNET for remote irrigation monitoring and control.
Selected milestoneCurrent scope
Whole-farm water management links hardware and information
The current irrigation portfolio presents Zimmatic machines and FieldNET management as connected but distinct parts of an irrigation system.
04 / Portfolio
From brand architecture to field work.
Water-application machines
Mobile irrigation structures and field configurations for distributing water across agricultural land.
- Center pivots
- Lateral-move systems
- Mobile pivots
- Expanded-acreage configurations
Machine control
Panels and control layers that coordinate irrigation-machine operation and supported precision functions.
- Pivot control panels
- Machine status
- Variable-rate irrigation context
- Connected equipment interfaces
Remote management and scheduling
Digital tools for observing, organizing, scheduling, and reviewing irrigation work.
- FieldNET
- Remote monitoring and control
- Irrigation scheduling
- Field and weather context
05 / Technology
Learn the concepts behind the portfolio.
These links explain independent technology concepts. They do not assert that every brand, model, or market offering implements every feature.
Water management
Irrigation decision support
Learn how crop, soil, weather, equipment, and operator evidence become a bounded irrigation decision.
Irrigation Decision Support →Environmental sensingAgricultural weather stations
See why exposure, siting, maintenance, time coverage, and data quality matter.
Agricultural Weather Stations →Farm softwareFarm information management
Place irrigation plans, field identity, actions, ownership, and records in one information context.
FMIS →06 / Evidence
Official company sources.
Company history, brand structure, and portfolio descriptions are original World Farm Tech summaries based on the linked official pages. Manufacturer statements are not treated as independent performance verification.