Irrigator Pro App
New Version NOW AVAILABLE
Irrigator Pro is an irrigation scheduling tool for peanuts, corn, and cotton developed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Peanut Research Lab. It is an expert system that provides recommendations based on scientific data, resulting in conservation-minded irrigation management while maintaining high yields.
The Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District, with funding from USDA NRCS, partnered with the Peanut Lab and the University of Georgia to develop a smartphone app and cloud-based platform for Irrigator Pro. The new version was launched in 2023.
History
Irrigator Pro is a trusted tool by farmers, crop consultants, Extension agents, and researchers across the Southeast. The original version is a desktop software that requires manual reading of soil moisture sensors in the field and manual data entry. The new smartphone app and cloud platform have automated the data collection process by integrating remote upload of soil moisture and temperature data with the Irrigator Pro model.
Features
Portable; can run on your phone or desktop
Handles peanuts, cottons, and corn with one program
Fully cloud-based; updates watering recommendations with real-time feedback from data
View all your fields on one screen
App and desktop software updates automatically
Installation
Currently, Irrigator Pro is only compatible with soil moisture sensors that use metric water potential (such as WaterMark sensors). We are working with the USDA ARS Peanut Lab in 2019 to test and integrate other sensor types (capacitance probes) into the Irrigator Pro model. We anticipate these sensors to be compatible with the app in the 2020 crop season.
Download Irrigator Pro in the Apple or Google Play store
Set Up Tutorials
Irrigator Pro App Tutorial
Irrigator Pro Web Tutorial
Project Partners
Smartphone app and cloud platform development by Austn
Photograph and video courtesy of Matt Hanner