Talking irrigation and plant sensors with Athena IR-Tech

In this episode we’re talking about irrigation and in particular plant sensors that are able to tell growers when their crops need water.   We speak to our regular podcast expert, Food Agility CRC chief scientist professor David Lamb about how the rising cost of water is driving adoption of plant sensors in high-value broadacre crops.   We’re joined by Athena IR-Tech CEO Jay Holata, who tells us about their Transp-IR technology which measures plant and environment temperature, humidity and solar radiation to calculate when a crop needs water.   And we speak to South Australian viticulturist and Nuffield scholar Hans Loder, who has been using the Transp-IR technology in conjunction with soil moisture probes to better understand the water needs of their vines, particularly during extreme weather events.   www.agtechfinder.com