About the Irrigation Innovation Consortium

Water and Energy Efficiency

Example Projects:

AI model development, using field, plant, and weather data, to estimate crop water demand

On-site solar-based nitrogen production

 

 

 

 

Irrigation Technology Acceleration

Example Projects:

Next generation soil moisture technology to improve irrigation management in turf & landscapes

Improving water/input use efficiency indoor ag with live monitoring and machine learning 

System Integration & Management

Example Projects:

Expanding the Parallel 41 flux network to support real-time evapotranspiration estimates

Connecting field scale performance to watershed health: calculating real-time water use on farm and across a watershed using electrical data

Remote Sensing & Big Data

Example Projects:

Using remotely sensed data to identify critical areas in California orchards where precision ag technologies can improve irrigation management 

Satellite and UAS imagery used to implement timely irrigation strategies