Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 10/4/17




Variable rate irrigation holds great promise as a way to use precision agriculture to irrigate crops and better manage water, but the challenge is to find a way to write prescriptions to meet a crop’s specific moisture needs. Phil Bauer, an agronomist with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, who works out of the Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence, S.C, says the other big challenge is the cost of the technology.

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