Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Variable-Rate Irrigation
Most fields are not uniform because of natural variations in soil type or topography. When water is applied uniformly to a field, some areas of the field may be overwatered while other areas may remain too dry. Variable-rate irrigation technology gives farmers an automated method to vary rates of ir...
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| description | Most fields are not uniform because of natural variations in soil type or topography. When water is applied uniformly to a field, some areas of the field may be overwatered while other areas may remain too dry. Variable-rate irrigation technology gives farmers an automated method to vary rates of irrigation water based on the individual management zones within a field and avoid irrigating roadways, waterways, wetlands, and other non-farmed areas within a pivot. This 3-page fact sheet was written by Calvin Perry, Clyde Fraisse, and Daniel Dourte, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, July 2012.
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| spelling | doaj.art-453d4b6f27514a229d9630d0eeccb3a02024-04-23T04:49:48ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092012-07-0120127Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Variable-Rate IrrigationCalvin Perry0Clyde Fraisse1Daniel DourteUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of FloridaMost fields are not uniform because of natural variations in soil type or topography. When water is applied uniformly to a field, some areas of the field may be overwatered while other areas may remain too dry. Variable-rate irrigation technology gives farmers an automated method to vary rates of irrigation water based on the individual management zones within a field and avoid irrigating roadways, waterways, wetlands, and other non-farmed areas within a pivot. This 3-page fact sheet was written by Calvin Perry, Clyde Fraisse, and Daniel Dourte, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, July 2012. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/119966AE490 |
| spellingShingle | Calvin Perry Clyde Fraisse Daniel Dourte Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Variable-Rate Irrigation EDIS AE490 |
| title | Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Variable-Rate Irrigation |
| title_full | Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Variable-Rate Irrigation |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Variable-Rate Irrigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Variable-Rate Irrigation |
| title_short | Agricultural Management Options for Climate Variability and Change: Variable-Rate Irrigation |
| title_sort | agricultural management options for climate variability and change variable rate irrigation |
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