Precision Irrigation Decisions: The Problem With Treating Every Block the Same

Precision Irrigation Decisions: The Problem With Treating Every Block the Same

When Uniform Fields Aren’t Really Uniform Farms rarely behave as a uniform system. You can stand at the edge of a field, and everything may look consistent. The crop looks healthy. The surface appears dry in some places and darker in others. Maybe the irrigation...
Farm Labor and Robotics: The Bigger Question Agriculture Is Facing

Farm Labor and Robotics: The Bigger Question Agriculture Is Facing

A Different Kind of Question Picture a harvest crew moving through a field. Trucks moving. Dust in the air. Radios going. People make dozens of small decisions throughout the day. Then imagine a student team sitting in a classroom building a robot designed to solve...
Early Season Heat Waves Make Irrigation Timing Harder to Manage

Early Season Heat Waves Make Irrigation Timing Harder to Manage

Early Heat Waves Are Reshaping Irrigation Decisions Early-season heat waves make irrigation timing harder to manage across many growing regions as temperatures rise faster and earlier than expected. A stretch of record-breaking heat across much of the United States is...
SGMA Water Management for Growers: Why Grower-Owned Data Matters More Than Ever

SGMA Water Management for Growers: Why Grower-Owned Data Matters More Than Ever

Why Growers Hesitate There is a growing sentiment in agriculture right now: if I do not measure it, I do not have to explain it. At first glance, that can feel like protection. Fewer numbers, fewer questions, less exposure, but in practice, it often means giving up...