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Looking for a tool to help you make irrigation and Nitrogen application decisions? How about one that will not cost you anything? Michael Cahn, Farm Advisor, Irrigation and Water Resources at the University of California Cooperative Extension in Monterey County explains a valuable software for farmers – CropManage. This free software from the University of California combines a wide variety of data inputs to help growers make accurate and timely irrigation and fertilization decisions based on crop-specific models. The tool aggregates data from the University of California at Davis Soil Web, weather stations, evapotranspiration, and satellite imagery. Plus, it can be integrated with a farmer's existing software.

CropManage has been ground-truthed in more than 30 field trials. While the product started in lettuce, it has expanded into vineyards. Your vineyard can be a beta tester to help improve this software for the wine industry.

• 115: Examining Plant Nutrient Mobility with SAP Analysis
• 116: Using Nudge Theory to Improve Irrigation Practices
• 139: Vineyard Irrigation Scheduling
• Adapting wine grape production to climate change through canopy architecture manipulation and irrigation in warm climates
• CropManage
• "CropManage CropManage Application for Vineyard Irrigation Decision Support." 73rd American Society of Enology and Viticulture National Conference, San Diego CA
• Michael Cahn's email
• Monterey County UC Cooperative Extension

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Craig Macmillan 0:00

Our guest today is Michael Cahn. He is Farm Adviser in irrigation and water resources with UC Cooperative Extension Monterey County. But he also works in other counties as well, as I'm sure we'll talk about. And today we're going to ta