A soil moisture sensor only knows about the handful of soil it touches. Put it in the one sandy pocket in the block and it will call for water every other day. Put it in the low corner where the clay holds on and it will tell you everything is fine while the rest of...
Calendar irrigation fails the same way every season: the set runs on Tuesday because Tuesday is the habit, not because the root zone asked for it. Weather swings, soil changes across a block, and a wet surface after a short set can hide a dry mid-root. Soil tension...
A New Reality For Western Growers Colorado River water shortages have become one of the most important issues facing agriculture across the western United States. As negotiations continue over how the river’s water will be managed in the years ahead, growers are...
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...
Irrigation decisions rarely come from certainty. More often, they come from a mix of habit, recent conditions, and a bit of caution. A block gets irrigated not because something is clearly wrong, but because it might be. The surface looks dry. The last set was a few...
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