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hollisterrox t1_ixn87bz wrote

Reply to comment by rop_top in Cheap, sensor-based agriculture could slash water use by up to 70% | We could definitely use something like this with all the droughts around. by chrisdh79

I just road-tripped through the imperial valley in Southern California, it is a straight-up desert environment. Field after field was growing alfalfa, with flood irrigation or arrays of sprayers blasting water into the dry, hot air.

Wildly wasteful.

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