Hortau Director of Grower Support Ben Smith will deliver an irrigation seminar at this year’s World Ag Expo on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. in Seminar Center, Trailer One. The presentation, “Advantages of Real-Time Soil Tension Data for Irrigation…
New technology companies are popping up in agriculture what seems like almost every day, many of which tout the layers upon layers of data that they can deliver to a grower. But with the seemingly endless stream of information flooding…
For commodity crops like corn and soy beans, lower prices and high supply can squeeze the bottom line, forcing growers to wring everything they can out of their crop while working with limited resources such as water or capital. Minimizing…
By Brian Hanson Hortau Grower Support As the dust begins to settle, and the last remaining varieties of almonds and pistachios make their way to the huller, nut harvest throughout the Southern San Joaquin Valley is fast coming to an…
As summer fades in to fall and harvest gets under way across the country, irrigation often becomes the last thing on a grower’s mind. Water stress to crops this time of year is often unavoidable and even necessary in some…
By Gabriel Bautista Hortau Grower Support Specialist Managing crop stress with Hortau’s patented tensiometers allows you to monitor increasing soil tension so you know when to turn the water on in order to avoid a stress event for your crops.…
By Travis Goldman Hortau Grower Support Specialist When filling up our truck at the gas station we would never think about pumping more fuel than what the tank could hold. We also would never intentionally run our diesel truck out…
By Ben Smith Hortau Grower Support Specialist Even with modern-day advanced research, our understanding of the world can still limit our ability to progress or discover parallel science that could ultimately expand the knowledge base of a field in question.…
