Irrigation Scheduling Optimization Articles & Analysis
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One of India’s leading crop protection companies has harnessed the power of remote sensing technology to enhance its interactions with farmers. By offering valuable insights into crop management, covering aspects such as nutrition, irrigation, and pest and disease control. The company has improved the efficacy of crop protection strategies and strengthened its relationships with the farming ...
New smart control panels, however, are revolutionizing pivot irrigation. These devices reduce water consumption and lead to savings in time and labour. Zimmatic control panels have everything for the grower who is ready to take complete control of their irrigation and get the most out of their fields. These control panels include built-in features ...
Precision Agriculture: Weather stations support precision agriculture by providing farmers with site-specific information on weather conditions and soil moisture levels. This enables targeted irrigation, fertilization, and pest management practices, optimizing resource use and reducing environmental impact. ...
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Monitoring these soil health indicators is crucial for optimizing crop production, preventing soil degradation, and promoting sustainable farming practices. ...
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Traditionally, irrigation scheduling has relied on estimates and fixed schedules, often leading to overwatering or underwatering, resulting in wasted water, nutrient leaching, and reduced crop yields. ...
A typical field pivot irrigation system, with one pivot covering 120 acres Currently, grower faced difficulties in determining the best harvest time Pilot consisted of 36 Sensoterra probes, placed across 8 locations ...
Solution: Black Gold Farms began looking for ways to increase the efficiency and intelligence of their pivot irrigation systems. They wanted to improve pivot performance, improve irrigation scheduling, and minimize the time and effort to get the job done. ...
The Stevens HydraProbe soil sensor is the most advanced soil sensor commercially available and described below are application examples where the HydraProbe has been used to gather data. Agriculture Irrigation of crops represents 90% of the water used worldwide. Monitoring soil moisture in the root zone of crops will optimize irrigation. ...
Estimating water requirements of plants cultivated in greenhouse environments is crucial, both for the design of greenhouse irrigation systems and the improvement of irrigation scheduling. Spinach is one of the main vegetables sold as ‘ready-to-eat’ bagged produce; it is very sensitive to water stress and thus requires accurate irrigation. In this work, a water balance model simulating the ...
The highest consumption of water is devoted to irrigation for agricultural production, and so it is in this area that efforts have to be focused to study possible interventions. Meeting and optimizing the consumption of water for irrigation also means making more resources available for drinking water and industrial use, and maintaining an ...
This study was carried out to evaluate the use of the crop water stress index (CWSI) for irrigation scheduling of sugar beet for two years under the semi arid climate of Iran. Statistical relationships between CWSI and yield, quality parameters and irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) were investigated. Irrigations were scheduled based on 100 (I100), 85 (I85), 70 (I50) and 0% (I0) of plant ...
This study analyzes the potential for water savings from irrigation efficiency improvements in California, USA. We model water savings associated with three efficiency scenarios in wet, average and dry water years. The ‘efficient irrigation technology’ scenario shifts a fraction of the crops from flood irrigation to sprinkler and drip systems; the ‘improved irrigation scheduling’ scenario uses ...
Abstract The key to scheduling irrigation timing and amounts is determining moisture depletion in the soil. Two common methods include tracking crop evapotranspiration (ETc) and tracking the water content with a sensor buried in the soil. In Colorado, a popular online tool that estimates the ETc for a variety of well-irrigated crops is the Colorado Agricultural Meteorological Network (CoAgMet). ...