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Fertigation - The Next Frontier

	ITRC Report No.	P 95-004
	Web Address	http://www.itrc.org/papers/fertig/fertigationnextfrontier.pdf
	Length	5 pages
	Authors	Charles M. Burt
	Published	Irrigation Business and Technology (3)4:16-19s.

Summary

Just as irrigation dealers presently should specify pressure relief valves and air vents on all pipelined irrigation systems, future irrigation designs will incorporate a new generation of FERTIGATION (fertilization through the irrigation system) hardware. And farmers will use sophisticated techniques to monitor plant nutrient status and to determine the proper level of nutrients to spoon feed through fertigation.

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