Yara North America, Tampa, reported that it has launched Farm Water Advisor, an irrigation solution that enables precise irrigation scheduling with no expensive hardware or additional costs. The free technology is currently available for California growers and advisors that work with almonds, walnuts, pistachios, grapes, mandarins, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, and olives. It is available as a native smartphone application (iOS and Android) and as a desktop web application.
Made in partnership with The Weather Co., IBM business, Yara said Farm Water Advisor uses a range of data, including field-specific weather and soil and irrigation system information, in order to provide hyper-local weather forecasts and recommend the best schedule for maximum yields.
“We have focused on some of the largest acreage crops in California, including nut trees, citrus, grapes, and olives,” said Scott Warr, Commercial Manager for Digital Farming at Yara North America. “We knew there was a need for a simple and accurate solution that any grower could use with or without other scheduling tools. Farm Water Advisor puts this power in the palm of your hand.”