It is possible to irrigate fields with precision, saving costs and time while lessening runoff and improving crop performance.
University of Illinois led a new study looking at challenge areas of precision irrigation decision-support systems to identify opportunities to improve the tools themselves and adoption among farmers.
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Zhang, J., Guan, K., Peng, B., Jiang, C., Zhou, W., Yang, Y., Pan, M., Franz, T.E., Heeren, D.M., Rudnick, D.R., Abimbola, O., Kimm, H., Caylor, K., Good, S., Khanna, M., Gates, J., Cai, Y. (2021). "Challenges and opportunities in precision irrigation decision-support systems for center pivots." Environmental Research Letters(16) 5. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe436
Photo: Center-pivot irrigation by University of Illinois