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Researchers with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will use the Arable Mark IOT device to record 40 variables in Nebraska farm fields as part of a research effort to improve data farmers use to determine whether they should irrigate.
Researchers with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will use the Arable Mark IOT device to record 40 variables in Nebraska farm fields as part of a research effort to improve data farmers use to determine whether they should irrigate.

Researchers to tackle irrigation decision-making with help of USDA grant

A new grant that brings together researchers from Nebraska, Illinois and Princeton aims to bridge the gap between data-collection, modeling and decision-making so crop producers can more easily decide whether to irrigate. The project could potentially save both financial and water resources. Continue reading…

 
A 2016 flash drought hit areas of Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota (pictured) hard. Tonya Haigh surveyed rangeland managers about their responses to drought. | Courtesy of Joe and Cindy Painter
A 2016 flash drought hit areas of Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and South Dakota (pictured) hard. Tonya Haigh surveyed rangeland managers about their responses to drought. | Courtesy of Joe and Cindy Painter

NDMC’s Haigh finds ranchers delayed response to drought

A study by National Drought Mitigation Center research specialist Tonya Haigh provides insight into when and why ranchers began responding to a 2016 flash drought in parts of Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana. Continue reading…

 
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