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Re:Gen Re:Gen provides farmers with farm-specific information to support their decision whether to irrigate effluent or not on any given day, and if yes, at what rate. To enable this each farm has a rainfall gauge, pond level sensor and soil moisture and temperature sensor (optional) installed. These sensors are connected to a telemetry device which transmits the sensor readings via either cell phone or wireless/internet automatically to the centralized database. The Benefits of Re:Gen cover daily management, confidence in your actions and better use of nutrients.
We have developed, with Massey University, a method of calculating a soil water balance (SWB). This is a representation of the amount of effluent the soil can hold before leaching or direct run-off occurs. The SWB drives the decision tree which generates an irrigation recommendation for the farmer. The recommendation is texted to the farmer, or if no cell phone coverage is available on the secured website dashboard view of their information. The decision tree has been developed to take into account the capability of the farmer’s irrigator type, so the recommendation is relevant to the equipment’s capability. It also has the flexibility to incorporate any other farm specific or region specific parameters around irrigation; minimum or maximum application rates or times of the year when irrigation was not permitted. As well as the daily text, the farmer can also view all the data collected on their own secure, password protected web view – rainfall, pond level and soil moisture & temperature, are summarised for the past week and month. |
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