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The Crop Water Use Information Program promotes more efficient ground water use by giving irrigators accurate, up-to-date information on crop water use. By targeting their crop’s water requirements more precisely, irrigators may be able to reduce water use and save money on pumping costs, plus avoid leaching fertilizer and agricultural chemicals into the ground water.
The Crop Water Use data is generated from an automated weather station at Recharge Lake west of York. The weather station monitors daily conditions such as temperature, relative humidity, wind-run and solar radiation. The raw data is then used to calculate the daily Crop Water Use information.
Each day during the growing season, a computer at the University of Nebraska Lincoln dials up the weather station and downloads the weather data. The data is then processed and posted online, where it is readily available to the public possessing the correct software applications. The Crop Water Use information is also reported daily by KAWL Radio of York and the York News-Times. County extension educators across the District access the information via the internet, and provide it to their local newspapers. It is also made available on their information hotlines. |
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Crop Water Use