irrigation information News
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Improving knowledge about water in Australia’s north
A suite of research bulletins summarises outcomes from the Northern Australia Irrigation Futures (NAIF) project – a partnership established to develop new knowledge, tools and processes to support debate and decision-making regarding irrigation in the north. NAIF Steering Committee Chairman Ian Lancaster says the research outcomes will inform current policy development for the north and can help ...
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Bolivia expands watershed-based irrigation
IDB finances construction of new infrastructure and systems for sustainably managing scarce water resources. Bolivia will build 33 community irrigation systems covering 9,000 hectares in seven Departments throughout the country under a US$34 million program financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. Drawing on lessons from past irrigation programs in Bolivia’s arid and semi-arid regions, ...
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New DeltaLINK software enables GP2 Logger to calculate full ASCE Penman Monteith Equation - improving evapotranspiration data accuracy
A new version 3.7 of Delta-T Devices’s DeltaLINK Software, in combination with its GP2 Logger and relevant sensors, enables the full ASCE/FAO-56 Penman Monteith equation for calculating potential evapotranspiration (ET). This enhancement also applies to the WS-GP2 Weather Station – An advanced research-grade system. ET is the sum of surface evaporation and plant transpiration to ...
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Perfect Poinsettias for Christmas? Controlling Compost Moisture Can Remove the Need for Chemical Growth Retardants
Poinsettias, the classic Christmas pot plant, are grown in their thousands in UK nurseries from late July onwards, but growers have to rely on the use of plant growth regulators (PRGs) to ensure that the optimum height and number of bracts is achieved by early December. With protective environmental legislation threatening to reduce the availability and use of such PGR treatments, a project ...
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Soil moisture monitoring for better irrigation and crop nutrition in Cucumbers
Soil moisture monitoring is often thought of as a water saving technology. While this is true, there are other significant benefits from soil moisture monitoring. Crop nutrition is intrinsically linked to crop irrigation. Many nutrients move quickly with water or only move through plants when water is available. Nitrogen (N) is released in water and too much irrigation can result in nitrogen ...
By Wildeye
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Irriwatch and Vinduino Launch Disrupting Irrigation Scheduling Service
Temecula California, May 18, 2020 – Vinduino and IrriWatch today announced that they partner to market and support the IrriWatch solution in the USA, where Vinduino will also use IrriWatch data in their award-winning irrigation automation system. IrriWatch, is the first company to provide highly detailed soil water potential and soil moisture data in the root zone on the basis of ...
By Vinduino LLC
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Delta-T Devices teams with Netafim UK to provide innovative precision irrigation package for UK soft fruit growers
Delta-T Devices Ltd (Delta-T) has partnered with Netafim UK Ltd – to provide a complete precision irrigation package (with cloud data management) for commercial growers in the UK. The package will be supplied by Netafim UK, the market leading provider of irrigation solutions in the country, through its main dealer network. It can automatically control irrigation and monitor growing ...
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Finapp at service of apple orchards
In the 2022 season, two Finapp sensors were installed in Val di Non (Trentino, North Est of Italy), at two apple orchards of the Consorzio Miglioramento Fondiario di Tres, in agreement with the Fondazione Edmund Mach, to collect large-scale, deep, and real-time soil water content data. ?? Objectives: ?? To provide relevant information to define the irrigation strategy, aimed at optimizing the ...
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Energy efficiency a key concern for vegetable growers
As Australian vegetable growers continue to struggle under the weight of rising production costs, an energy audit report on the industry has taken a closer look at power consumption and efficiency. “Energy costs have practically doubled over the last decade, prompting the industry to take a closer look at the way facilities use energy, and to then use the report to identify inefficiencies ...
By AUSVEG
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Rivulis Irrigation and Manna Irrigation Featured in New Ag International
Rivulis Irrigation and Manna Irrigation were featured by New Ag International magazine in the “Irrigation and Technology Leaders” section of the March/April 2017 edition. The article includes highlights the strength and success of the Rivulis Irrigation strategy for growth in the market and how the innovative approach to precision agriculture pioneered by Manna Irrigation brings even ...
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New UF/IFAS-developed avocado app helps guide irrigation
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty have developed a new app for avocado growers that provides an irrigation schedule so users save an estimated 20 to 50 percent on the water they apply to their orchards. “Weather changes daily, and the app takes into account these changes in the irrigation schedule it provides,” said Kati Migliaccio, an ...
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Black Worm Castings/VermaPlex Can Replace Harmful Chemical Fertilizers
Whether you have a farm or home garden, the health of the soil directly correlates to the quality of the fruit and vegetables. The healthy soil movement is centered around bringing attention to the fact that fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are killing our soil and seeping into our food supply. Our soil is depleted of essential nutrients, fungi and bacteria due to decades of agricultural ...
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ABB irrigation control solution saves water and energy in Spain
The ABB solution controls the irrigation system for 10,700 plots of land in a 210 square-kilometer belt of prime agricultural land in the Zujar Canal region of western Spain, where local farmers grow sweet corn, tomatoes, olives, rice and a variety of other fruits and vegetables. Prior to ABB’s involvement, many farmers had to drive up to 40 kilometers to irrigate their land. They had to open ...
By ABB
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Soil science society of America announces 2010 award recipients
The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) will present the following 2010 Awards during their Annual Meetings on Oct. 31-Nov. 3 in Long Beach, CA, www.acsmeetings.org. Kirk Scheckel – Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Soil Science Award. Kirk Scheckel is a research soil scientist in the National Risk Management Research Laboratory of the U.S. EPA. He is an adjunct faculty member at the ...
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