Fresh DIRT: New drought irrigation tool assists farmers with scheduling

By Editor V. Todd Miller at vtmiller@agcenter.lsu.edu BATON ROUGE— Described as a labor of love by one of its developers, the LSU AgCenter’s new web-based Drought Irrigation Response Tool, or DIRT, will greatly benefit farmers during one of the driest seasons on record. The DIRT webpage describes the tool as “an integrative platform that assists farmers in making irrigation scheduling deci...

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