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Across the country, water managers at local and state levels are beginning to require the use of flow meters to manage water resources.

In a previous blog post, we introduced you to Silver Reef Organic Farms – a 2,300- acre operation in Wellington, Colorado, that utilizes the latest technology to get a more complete picture of the operation.

In Northern Colorado, the majority of seasonal water comes from adjudicated wells and purchased or rented water from ditch companies – both sources can be expensive.

It won’t be long before growers across the country are firing up their irrigation systems for the pivots’ first run of this growing season.

In part one of our series on variable rate irrigation, our Sam Haider explained how this technology is changing the way growers apply water to their crops.