Krintz: Precision irrigation synchronizes crop maturation to eliminate redundant harvest passes
Chandra Krintz · a16z Podcast | Data Down on the Farm · Jan 2, 2019 · at 9:49
Chandra Krintz, computer science professor at UC Santa Barbara, explains how precision agriculture tools enable growers to manipulate water and fertilizer inputs to optimize harvest logistics.
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“A lot of times if you part of the farm has less water than another part Certain trees will be ready for harvest before the others, and that, that, that's costly, because you have to perform two harvests. What you want to do is manipulate both the fertilization and the watering process so that all the trees are ready for harvest at the same time. So you put out one team, you get it done in, in a day, and you don't have to go back and do it again.”
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