Irrigators Articles
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Irrigating with saline or seawater
Currently, agriculture uses seventy percent of the freshwaters, globally. Available freshwater sources will not be enough to increase food production to feed growing populations in the coming decades. Therefore, there is a concerted effort to grow crops with seawater. Hence, scientists are investigating the various challenges involved in growing plants with saline water. These include greenhouse ...
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Large irrigation district adds low-maintenance Doppler sensors to its monitoring mix - Case Study
Overview Seeking a flow monitoring alternative for areas where mechanical meters were problematic, the Central California Irrigation District found an affordable and reliable solution with AgriFlo XCi meters and Doppler insert velocity sensors. Challenge From its point of origin at Jones Pumping Plant, The 117-mile long Delta Mendota Canal in central California delivers water from the ...
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Large irrigation district adds low-maintenance Doppler sensors to its monitoring mix
Overview Seeking a flow monitoring alternative for areas where mechanical meters were problematic, the Central California Irrigation District found an affordable and reliable solution with AgriFlo XCi meters and Doppler insert velocity sensors. Challenge From its point of origin at Jones Pumping Plant, The 117-mile long Delta Mendota Canal in central California delivers water from the ...
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Regulated Deficit Irrigation for Wine Grapes – Balancing Canopy, Yield and Quality
Sebastian Braum, Ph.D., is WaterBit’s director of soil science and agronomy. He is writing a series of posts for our blog that delve into irrigation-related topics. In the piece below, he discusses deficit irrigation in wine grapes. Dr. Braum holds a doctorate in soil chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and he studied soil science, plant nutrition, agronomy and viticulture at ...
By Farm(x)
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Cyanobacteria & Odor Control In Irrigation Ponds - Case Study
SolarBees continue to provide water quality benefits more than 10 years after deployment. Topics: cyanobacteria, odor control, effluent storage basins, irrigation, reservoir circulation. Reservoir Overview: Effluent storage basins used for irrigation. Pond #4: ~36 Surface Acres Pond #5: ~29 Surface Acres. Pre-Deployment Conditions: This location had a history of cyanobacteria ...
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Irrigation and Nutrition
Mike, our Agronomist, was recently asked a few questions about irrigation and nutrition for a magazine. What quality parameters can be influenced (fruit size, flavour, firmness, shelf life, etc.)? All crop quality parameters can be enhanced through correct use of nutrition. Having the ideal strength and balance of nutrients at all stages of the crop cycle will help to ensure the best product ...
By Hortifeeds
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Urban Crop Solutions makes indoor farming technology for Mars biosphere
Will the first people to bake and eat bread on Mars do it due to a Belgian breakthrough? This is the challenge facing the SpaceBakery project, a unique consortium composed of seven Belgian organisations using technology provided by Urban Crop Solutions. However, before they use their research to help feed the first people on the red planet later this century, the project aims to have a clear ...
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Monitoring ‘How Plants Drink’ in Order to Optimally Irrigate
How does the GroGuru solution work to help farmers see how plants drink? In a few ways! In this interview clip with Patrick Henry, CEO and our Chief Agronomist, David Sloane, they discuss in deeper detail how the GroGuru underground system works for farmers. Watch the clip here: ...
By GroGuru
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4 Benefits of Using Power-Z Sustainable Soil Additive for Agriculture Companies
There are many complex aspects to soil quality that can affect the growth and health of plants. Soils in different areas have different physical and chemical compositions that can be good or bad for farming. In the case of naturally rich and beneficial soil, over time, nutrients will be depleted. For other soils, plants could not be grown well there naturally. In those cases, a sustainable soil ...
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Agronomic Modeling and AI Improving Results for Farmers
How does the GroGuru solution use AI to improve results seen by farmers? In a few ways! In this interview clip with Patrick Henry, CEO and our Chief Agronomist, David Sloane, they discuss the various tech specifics of how the GroGuru underground system works in regards to AI. Watch the clip here: Patrick: GroGuru doesn’t just do soil moisture, temperature sensing, and soil salinity ...
By GroGuru
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Telemetric agrometeorological network in Bulgaria - Case Study
Case Study Summary Application Agrometeorological network Location Bulgaria Products deployed A850 Telemetry Gateway A753 addWAVE GPRS RTU TR1 Temperature and rel. Humidity sensor RG1 Rain Gauge SP-Lite Solar radiation sensor Contributors Scientact BG Ltd. Participating Organizations BASF Bulgaria Parameters recorded Air temperature and rel. humidity Precipitation Solar ...
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How the University of Florida uses 200 root tube installations with the CI-602 root imager
The University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Plant Root Biology Laboratory led by Dr. Lorenzo Rossi is located at the Indian River Research and Education Center (UF/IFAS IRREC) in Fort Pierce, Florida. Situated in the heart of the premiere grapefruit growing region of the world, the lab primarily uses the CI-602 root imager to study grapefruit root growth and ...
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Canada: Helping Icewine Growers in Ontario - Case Study
Automatic Weather Stations for Climate Services in Viticulture Case Study Summary Application Monitoring Icewine production Location Ontario, Canada Products deployed A850 Telemetry Gateway A753 addWave UHF ADCON TR1 ADCON WET Participating Organizations Grape Growers of Ontario Ontario Grape and Wine Research Inc. (OGWRI) Parameters recorded Air temperature and relative humidity ...
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Yield prediction and disease advice, frost warning - Case Study
The National Mexican Weather Station Network Case Study Summary Applications Yield prediction, disease monitoring, frost warning, soil moisture monitoring Location Mexico Products deployed Adcon ETo stations Adcon rain gauge stations Adcon soil moisture stations Contributors Agrienlace SA de C.V. Participating Organizations INIFAP (Ministry of Agriculture) & COFUPRO Parameters ...
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Research and Development
Many organizations support and encourages the research and development. Nowadays, Irrigation and Agriculture are full of challenges, however there is more opportunities to come over these challenges. Only innovation, research and development can do it. One of the best scientific solutions is the Artificial intelligence, the Artificial Intelligence is approach of computer science to study and ...
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Farming Innovation: From Ammonia to AgTech Software
Just over a century ago, the Haber-Bosch process was invented in Germany, enabling the scalable production of copious amounts of ammonia for the very first time. This 1910 Eureka! moment meant farmers could fertilize their crops unlike ever before, growing food on a massive scale. So massive, in fact, a population explosion ensued – humankind went from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 7.7 billion in ...
By Vistex Inc
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PU/Polyurethane Layflat Hose
Polyurethane layflat hose is made from thermoplastic polyether based polyurethane (TPU) covered and lined by high pressure around a circular woven jacket made from high tenacity filament polyester yarn. Extreme abrasion resistance capability make our pu layflat hose adapt to more working condition. Irrigator PU Layflat HoseOur irrigator PU layflat hose are made from 100% high-strength polyester ...
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Humic Acid Factory - Case Study
Humic acids or humus are black or dark brown substances formed by plant or animal residues that are partially or completely decayed. Humus is a substance that facilitates the uptake of fertilizers. Today, the increasing use of chemical fertilizers causes the humus in our land to be rapidly depleted. In order to solve this problem, more and more humic substances (humic acid and fulvic acid) are ...
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Are you over watering your pasture?
Getting the right amount of moisture to each paddock on your property to ensure grass grows well and property doesn’t scour or erode from uncontrolled water runoff is the holy grail of New Zealand farmers. Unfortunately, many assume that their irrigation company will get this sorted for them and expect that when they part out significant investments in large irrigation systems, that at ...
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Hydroflux engaged to design wastewater treatmentplant for New WA abattoir - Brochure
The first abattoir to operate in Western Australia's far north for 22 years will be opening early 2016. The Kimberley Meat Company abattoir, located between Broome and Derby, will process 300 cattle a day when it opens in April. Owner Mr Burton said "the facility was good news for the northern WA beef industry and getting a situation where we can process them locally is excellent." An ...
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