If the irrigation depth percolates to the bottom of the roots and not beyond its reach - it is classified as “Perfect” and is indicated by a green coloured bar on top. However if the irrigation does not reach the bottom of the roots it is classified as “Under” and highlighted with a red top bar. Similarly if an over irrigation occurs (not shown here) the events is classified as “Over” with a blue top bar. Question of money. Benefits or Return on Investment Sentek Technologies’ mandate is to assist farmers with irrigation management by providing decision aiding tools. Why are we promoting improving water management on farm? It is all about the opportunity of minimizing inputs and maximizing outputs as Figure 1 summarizes. Approved Technology After 3 year of collaboration with Seminis with worldwide trials (USA, Netherlands, Turkey, Italy Hungary, France, Belgium) including Broccoli, Cauliflower, Tomato, Sweet Corn, Peppers, Onions, we demonstrated the benefit of the use of the technologies, and the clear return on investment. As for example last year with processing tomato in Italy, where we had trials, we compared field managed with Sentek probe with fields managed as usual by farmers. We had a visible difference were noticed for plant health and maturity concentration: And we demonstrated the water-saving of 1500 m3 /ha, saved 180 €/ha, with a plus in Brix (0.7) with a more attractive red colour! More info on Sentek, Drill & Drop probe, and Irrimax Live: sentektechnologies.com For more information, please get in touch by sending an email with your enquiry to marketing@sentek.com.au
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