The Nature Conservancy’s Western Nebraska Irrigation Fieldprint Project

This project promotes the use of technology to help western Nebraska farmers better manage their irrigation inputs. Field mapping, pivot telemetry, and soil moisture probes provide the participants with information that is used to determine when and how much water to apply to their crop. Mapping of the spatial variability of each field allows the participants to change the distribution of water by varying the speed of the center pivot. This approach leads to reduced pumping and more efficient application of water. Additionally, the project is monitoring the valley to determine any changes at the landscape level. The project looks to gain a better understanding of how changing practices at the field level can impact watershed function.

Complete
Insight

Engagement Targets

Notes: (1) I Minor fluctuations in the number of retained growers is expected from year to year. These fluctuations may be due to year-over-year crop rotation effects or other factors beyond the control of the project. Enrolled acres represent the total number of acres on an individual farm in a specific year. The ability to report enrolled acres is based on the Fieldprint Project Standard requirement that individual growers enrolled in projects enter at least 10% of the acres managed for a specific crop. (2) Entered acres represent the actual number of enrolled acres for which data is entered in the Fieldprint Platform for analysis.

Objectives

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Participants

Project Lead Organization(s)
World Wildlife Fund
The Nature Conservancy (Full)
The Coca-Cola Company (Full)
John Deere

Project Details

Status
Complete
Pathway
Insight
Natural Resource Concern
Counties the project is located in:

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