VOL. 2, ISSUE 3 | January 2018 Contents 6 New year, new technologies


14 Going beyond convenience: Using IoT to create ‘intelligent’ irrigation systems


16 From soil to satellite: Using Landsat data for irrigation 18 Remote sensing for irrigation using unmanned aircraft systems


Infrastructure 19


20 Irrigation district modernization 22 Hurricane Harvey impacts Texas agriculture


Other features 30 2017 Irrigation Show & Education Conference wrap up 32 2017 award winners


34 Award winner profile: Providing growers practical applications for microirrigation technologies


28 37 2018 call for awards nominations Departments


4 Editorial message 6 From the CEO 9 IA happenings 11 Legislative update


30 Cover photo credit: Kevin Yemoto


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