The United States is aglobal agribusiness leader:from food crops tobiotechnology to farmmachinery, Americancompanies lead the wayin intensely competitiveinternational markets. Adynamic component of the UnitedStates agribusiness sector is the irrigationequipment industry. Americanmanufacturers account for 40 percentof the global market for all types of irrigationequipment and are eager to berecognized as part of the solution to theworld’s growing freshwater shortage