irrigator News
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Isaya Kisekka named recipient of 2020 Excellence in Education Award
The Irrigation Association is excited to announce that Isaya Kisekka, PhD, of the University of California, Davis has been named the recipient of the 2020 Excellence in Education Award. This award recognizes a person who teaches irrigation, water management and/or water conservation in affiliation with a two- or four-year institution and has a commitment to not only elevating the level of ...
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Save labor: Fertilizer and Irrigation Automation
Vinduino 5th generation wireless irrigation systems support automated fertilizer injection and pump control. With the eVineyard and eOrchard software you can automatically optimize variable rate irrigation to improve crop results and save resources & labor. While automatically adjusting to evapotranspiration on a day-by-day basis, irrigation and fertilizer timing is controlled with ...
By Vinduino LLC
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Australia chosen as first country to launch Manna Irrigation Intelligence
Australia has been strategically chosen to be the first country to release Manna Irrigation Intelligence solution (a subsidiary of Rivulis), a revolutionary sensor-free software system designed to assist growers make better irrigation decisions. Using advanced satellite imaging technology, combined with real-time hyper-local weather, Manna Irrigation Intelligence makes complex agronomic and ...
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Pivot App update: Water allocation, NDVI and much more
Our Pivot App has been recently upgraded, giving row crops growers even better visibility of their plants, soil and irrigation status to support their decision making. Let's see what's new. NDVI inside NDVI maps have been added without additional cost to all our customers. With Sentinel-2 NDVI images for each plot, every 5 days (depending on cloud cover) growers have another significant data ...
By Phytech
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Flow4 sap flow logger from Dynamax press release
Flow4 Sap Flow Logger - Irrigation Control from Dynamax Inc (281-564-5100), is a stand-alone water balance measurement system for irrigation automation based on plant transpiration. Four Dynagage sap flow sensors read crop water consumption. These measurements are compared to rainfall, soil moisture and irrigation water supplied. The water balance or water deficit then determines the amount of ...
By Dynamax Inc
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Soil Moisture monitoring in olives
Californian research has shown that when irrigation is applied above that of rainfall, olive and olive oil yields increase significantly. It is not enough to have the trees survive for a business to do well. In drought scenarios, like those currently being experienced in California, efficient application of water maximizes the benefit of irrigation for olives. Wildeye soil moisture monitoring ...
By Wildeye
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New irrigation strategies for pecans in humid climates
Georgia is the largest pecan producing state in the U.S. Although this humid region receives an average of 127 cm or more rainfall annually, periods of moisture stress can occur during the pecan growing season, particularly during August and September when pecans are in the kernel-filling stage and water demand is at its peak. Pecan producers throughout the region depend on irrigation strategies ...
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Homeowners like money-saving benefits of smart irrigation controllers
Smart irrigation controllers, technologies used to decrease landscape water applications, are catching on in Florida. Incentivized by governmental agencies and water utilities in an effort to reduce public-supply water demand and conserve water resources, the controllers are becoming more popular with homeowners in this high water-use state. A new study evaluated homeowners' satisfaction with ...
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UF/IFAS avocado irrigation app should save money, water
Avocado growers now know that a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences mobile irrigation app works well to save money while maintaining crop yields. This data, reported in a new study, is critical for an industry that has a $100 million a year economic impact on Florida. It’s also important because agriculture uses about 70 percent of the world’s water, the ...
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Solar-powered irrigation improves food security in West Africa
Solar-powered irrigation that delivers water directly to plant roots could help ensure food security in Africa, say researchers. Their study in the Sudano-Sahel region of West Africa indicated that this irrigation method could increase both household income and nutritional intake, particularly during the dry season. The food supply in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa is considered insecure in ...
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Grundfos Pumps to Halve Water Consumption For Irrigation at Fresno Facility During 2011
Grundfos Pumps Corporation today announced that it will voluntarily cut in half the amount of potable water used to irrigate its 27-acre campus here during 2011, with plans to eliminate the practice entirely by the end of 2012. As a result, the global pumps and pumping systems manufacturer will save roughly 3 million gallons of potable water during 2011 – enough to fill four Olympic-sized ...
By Grundfos
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Water demand for crops may rise in northern Germany under warmer climate
By 2070, there may be insufficient water for irrigation to ensure yields and profitability for some crops currently grown in northern Germany - if the IPCC´s worst case climate change scenario becomes a reality - new research warns. To reduce future demand for water under a changing climate, the study suggests that farmers grow different crops and change their management practices. In ...
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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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Study shows potential for sweetpotato production in Pacific Northwest
Sweetpotato, a warm-season root crop grown across the world, needs heat and humidity to flourish. In the United States, commercial sweetpotato production occurs predominantly in the southeastern states and California, while production farther north is limited. Recently, Oregon State University researchers discovered cultural practices that could help to increase sweetpotato production in the ...
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New DeltaLINK Software Enables GP2 Logger to Calculate Full ASCE Penman-Monteith Equation – Improving Evapotranspiration Data Accuracy
The latest release of Delta-T Devices’ DeltaLINK Software (v3.7), in combination with its GP2 Data Logger and relevant sensors, enables the full ASCE/FAO-56 Penman-Monteith equation for calculating reference evapotranspiration (ETo). This enhancement also applies to the WS-GP2 Weather Station – an advanced research-grade system. ETo is calculated by the GP2 Data Logger using the ...
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Jelly Belly Candy Company Selects ValleyCrest and HydroPoint for Major WeatherTRAK Installation
HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. and ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance announced a partnership today with Jelly Belly Candy Company to implement the WeatherTRAK Smart Water Management solutions across the 35-acre campus, which includes corporate headquarters, manufacturing, warehousing and a public tour center in Fairfield, California. Using the proven ...
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New satellite sensing tool for improving agricultural land use observation
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) data indicate that annually 2500 km3 of freshwater are used for agricultural production, which amounts to 70% of the water resources the whole of humanity consumes in a year. With the global population continuing to grow at a high pace, it is essential to optimize the use of water resources and to increase agricultural production in ...
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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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City of Hope Implements Sustainability Initiatives With ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance
HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. and ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance announced today that Darryl Wilson, Facilities Director for City of Hope, and Richard Restuccia, Director, Water Management Solutions for ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance will co-present a success story for the HydroPoint Sustainability 360° Educational Series on a June 9, 2011 live webcast. The webcast will feature results ...
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