Smart Irrigation
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Smart irrigation helps producers improve crop yield and quality, conserve water, cut costs, and reduce environmental impacts from runoff.
As part of multistate projects, researchers at land-grant institutions:
Developed data, maps, models, sensors, emitters, and apps that schedule and fine-tune irrigation, wasting less water.
Identified water-wise plants that help the nursery, greenhouse, and landscaping industries reduce strain on state water budgets.
Created substrates and containers that lower water requirements of nursery and greenhouse plants.
Shared automated systems that reduce irrigation time and labor 25%.
Shared technology that irrigates more nursery trees simultaneously and cuts pump and labor costs.
Calculated costs and benefits of using recycled water to irrigate.
Enhanced buffers and bioreactors that filter irrigation runoff.
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