Joshua K. McCormick

Georgia Farmer|McCormick Farms

2023 Abstract - USING SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS TO INCREASE ON-FARM IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY IN GEORGIA: On McCormick Farms in Sylvania, GA we grow cotton and peanut in a conventional rotation and focus on conservation methods and take them seriously. One of the technologies that we utilize on the farm are WaterMark soil water tension sensors. We have accomplished this by placing soil moisture sensors at a spacing of every 40 acres and using them to predict when irrigation should be initiated. Similar to most situations in Georgia, multiple center pivot irrigation systems share single wells, and moisture sensors have been proven effective to aiding us in being logistic and on time with our irrigation applications.