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Roric Paulman (right) and his son Zach currently farm around 6,000 acres in western Nebraska.
allow us to really understand what influences and changes our crop and measure that change in real time.
What do you foresee as the next great technology innovation on the horizon that can impact agricultural irrigation?
When the center pivot was first manufactured, it was strong and reliable for distributing water. Today, it’s gone beyond being a delivery tool — it’s a machine-learning AI platform. And the next best piece is connecting the acres by getting reliable broadband that takes all of those data points off of that field in real time. With a pivot, you’ve got a machine that’s going across your ground multiple times during the season, whether it’s for an irrigation event or fertigation or chemigation, and it can be analyzing numerous different data points. Right now, we’re relying on other platforms to do that. When you look at all of the activities and all the providers using today’s software and hardware, the question is: How do you turn that into a better decision? To me, that is figuring out how to get all those platforms to work together and play well in the sandbox.
What is the biggest challenge you see growers facing when it comes to irrigation technologies?
The United States is expected to be a leader — and Nebraska, too, as the No. 1 irrigated state — with the underlying stewardship responsibility of our natural resources. We want to leave a “legacy of water” not only in quality and quantity but also in timing to be delivering it to the right place at the right time. That, to me, is going to be the biggest hurdle. So, we’re continually evolving, innovating and trying to move the adoption needle so that we can address that challenge.
For more information about Paulman Farms, go to
www.paulmanfarms.com.
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