integration of weather and soil moisture data for citrus operations precision ag workshop –...
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Integration of Weather and Soil Moisture Data for Citrus Operations
Precision Ag Workshop – January 21, 2004
Chet Townsend, Area Manager – Agrilink Florida
Weather Monitoring
Integrated Disease Models
Soil Moisture Monitoring
Internet Based Software
AgWISE.net
Ft. Pierce/Vero BeachRidge
Agrilink Weather Networks
Immokalee
Paged Alarms & Weather Data
Cable Free Capacitance Probe
200 C-Probes in Florida
Irrigation Model
Irrigation Model
Irrigation Model
Switch: Daytime to Nighttime
Switch: Daytime to Nighttime
Summed Graph - DripSummed Graph – Drip
Summed Graph - DripSummed Graph – Drip – 1 Yr Later
Separate Graph - Drip
Summed Graph - DripSeparate Graph – Drip – 1 yr Later
This block has root activity down to 12-inches; 12 & 20 inch levels are very sandy; excessive irrigations pushed all the way down past 36 inches
Excessive Irrigation
Irrigation Savings: 50%This block was irrigated about 2-hours everyday in
April. In May, applications were increased to sometimes two applications per day, one about 2-hours and another about 1-hour.
Recommendation: Irrigate 3 hours, every 2 or 3 days. This would provide a savings of about 50%
Agrilink Florida Inc.
Chet TownsendMobile: 863-673-1374Nextel: 158*17*41432
www.agrilinkusa.comwww.agwise.net