Easy to use information about moisture conditions for efficient crop farming

Crops, in order to grow properly and to produce large yields, must be adequately hydrated. The amount of supplied water is dependent on weather conditions, time of a year, crop type and soil type. One of the main factors affecting the level of hydration is the quantity of water evaporating from a certain area covered with vegetation. The level of this evaporation can vary within the wide limits during the growing season. The Hortisat service provides objective and easy to use information about moisture conditions within the indicated field, which allows to adjust irrigation time and quantity of water to real needs of a plant, and to optimally use irrigation systems and water resources, which translates into financial savings. Every crop field can be divided into distinct zones of relatively uniform combination of factors that affect crop yields. Farming practices show that the variety of soil types within a single agricultural field implies different agro technical treatments and different levels of fertilisers’ input required by plants. Therefore, in order to get the maximum income from crop yields, the provision of agronomic inputs should be properly planned and balanced, depending on the condition of vegetation in different areas of the field.