Grant to provide growers with cost sharing

FALLBROOK – Mission Resource Conservation District and the San Diego County Water Authority have secured funding from the California Department of Water Resources’ Proposition 84 grant to provide growers with cost sharing – up to $5,000 for the purchase of soil moisture sensors. It will allow growers to make more precise irrigation management decisions.

The Precision Agricultural program begins with the creation of a soil map for the property, which is created using electrical conductivity mapping, a precision agriculture practice that is used frequently throughout the country.

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