Irrigation Innovation Consortium conducts its 2021 Virtual Field Day

The Irrigation Innovation Consortium, a university and industry collaboration that accelerates the development and adoption of water- and energy-efficient irrigation technology, hosted its 2021 Virtual Field Day with the launch of a video in partnership with the Center for Irrigation Technology at Fresno State University, Fresno, California.

The video, hosted by IIC Executive Director Tim Martin, was shown as part of the CIT’s Ag Tech Day. In the video, IIC researchers and industry leaders partner together to present a collection of updates on their cutting-edge research.

It covers the latest news on IIC research projects such as evaluating water savings in agrivoltaics, toward pivot automation and next generation soil moisture sensors from presenters representing California, Colorado and Nebraska.

The 10-minute video can be found online on the IIC’s YouTube channel at .

The consortium, which is headquartered at Colorado State University, includes four other U.S. land-grant universities: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kansas State University, Texas A&M University, and California State University-Fresno. The consortium’s founding and sustaining industry partners are: FFAR, Aqua Engineering, Irrigation Association, Jain Irrigation, LI-COR, Lindsay Corporation, Northern Water, Valmont, Hunter Industries, Toro, Rubicon, Colorado Corn Growers Association and Senniger Irrigation Inc.