New Irrigation Scheduling Tool Can Save Water, Boost Profits
University scientists are wrapping up a second year of testing an algorithm that combines water supply, demand, and plant response to improve irrigation scheduling.
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University scientists are wrapping up a second year of testing an algorithm that combines water supply, demand, and plant response to improve irrigation scheduling.
Colorado lawmakers, a former coal state, have approved more than 50 climate-related bills since 2019. The liquor shop in Morris, Minnesota, uses solar electricity to chill its beer. Athens, Ohio, voters placed a carbon tax on themselves. Citizens in Fairfax County, Virginia, collaborated for a year and a half to create a 214-page climate action plan.
Minnesota researchers says ammonia made with wind or solar energy has the potential to create a more local source of fuel and fertilizer that is more friendly to the environment and makes economic sense.
The Cowbot would be a way to mow down thistles as a way to control the spread of weeds, "like a Roomba for a pasture," says Eric Buchanan, a renewable energy scientist at the West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris, Minnesota.
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