CSU paying ag producers to report irrigation well data

    Groundwater use and availability remain key issues for the vitality of our region. In an effort to gather information about how groundwater is used over the course of the growing season and as a result of last year’s successful project, researchers at Colorado State University are once again recruiting paid participants for the Agricultural Data Reporting and Incentives Program.
    The voluntary program asks agricultural producers to submit monthly meter readings from individual irrigation wells via the AgDRIP smartphone application or website.
    High-capacity wells in the Plains and W-Y groundwater management districts are eligible to enroll in the program, which will provide financial incentives to producers that choose to participate.
    Producers in Colorado who participated in the program last year report that the smartphone application is easy to use and provides a useful record of water use over the course of the growing season.

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