Rainfall is free irrigation, but not all rainfall is usable. If you are not measuring and using the rain properly for irrigation, you could be wasting a valuable free asset for your garden. It does not matter if you manage 1000 acres, a small home garden, or an HOA’s landscape. Understanding these four concepts will help you be a better water manager.

How Much Rain is a Heavy Rain?

Rainfall is typically described as light, moderate or heavy, but how many waterfalls with these descriptions. Light rainfall is considered less than .10 inches of rain per hour. Moderate rainfall is defined as .10 to .30 inches per hour. Heavy rainfall is more than .30 inches per hour.  These descriptions provide two factors, how much rain over a period of time (one hour). This is essential information to know, but this alone is not enough to decide how much to water.

Understand the Concept of Effective Precipitation

EP is the amount of rain added and stored in the soil. If your soil is dry and you experience light rain, most of the water will evaporate from the soil’s surface and not be used by your plants. Conversely, if you have clay soil and experience a heavy downpour of an inch in a couple of hours, your soil will not be able to soak up the rain, and the majority will run off, wasted.

Know the Infiltration Rates of your Soil

Understanding your soil type is the first key to knowing your infiltration rate. Infiltration rates are helpful because they help identify how much of the rain will be usable. If it rains more than can infiltrate your soil, it will be wasted. Rain much less than what your soil can accept will evaporate and not be used by your plants.

How Wet is your Soil when it Rains?

The final factor for getting the most benefit from rainfall is how wet is your soil when it rains. If you watered the day before it rains, most of the rain would be wasted. If you water a normal amount the day after moderate or heavy rain, most of the irrigation will be wasted as well.

Use a Smart Controller that uses Rainfall for Irrigation Scheduling

Purchasing a smart controller like the ETwater controller using Jain Unity makes all these calculations easy because the controller does it all for you. Jain Unity measures rainfall, calculates the effective precipitation based on your soil type, knows your current soil moisture balance looks forward to rain events, and automatically adjusts your irrigation schedule. These calculations are done on an hourly basis, so you get the most benefit from rain.

Source: JAIN

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Mordor Intelligence released an overview of orchard tractor market growth, trends, and forecasts for 2020-2025, segmenting the market by horsepower and geographical location.

Market Overview

Scope of the Report

For the purpose of this report, the tractors used in agricultural operations, especially Less than 20 HP, 30 HP, and 30-40 HP tractors are considered. Tractors used for orchards and garden purposes are included in the study.

• By Horsepower
  • Less than 20 HP
  • 20-30 HP
  • 30-40 HP
• By Geography
  • North America
    • United States
    • Canada
    • Mexico
    • Rest of North America
  • Europe
    • Germany
    • United Kingdom
    • France
    • Rest of Europe
  • Asia Pacific
    • China
    • Japan
    • India
    • Australia
    • Rest of Asia-Pacific
  • South America
    • Brazil
    • Argentina
    • Rest of South America
  • Africa
    • South Africa
    • Rest of Africa

Key Market Trends

Rise in Technological Advancements is driving the market growth

North America is Dominating the Orchard tractors market

The continuous rise in farm labor wages due to labor shortage, especially in fruits and vegetable plantation has had a positive impact on the demand for tractors in this region, as farmers are increasingly adopting agricultural mechanization including tractors as a substitute for manual labor. The wave of modern technology has already been witnessed in orchard tractors with the application of Artificial Intelligence-based tools for data transmission, for precise decision-making processes in cultivation. The rise in technological advancements in orchard tractors coupled with the decline in farm labor shrinkage is driving the demand for orchard and garden tractors sales and is expected to grow further during the forecast period.

Competitive Landscape

The global Garden and Orchard type tractors machinery market is fragmented with the presence of many of regional players. Deere & Company, CNH Industrial N.V., Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and Tractor, and Farm Equipment Limited are some of the global players who are operating in this market. Product Innovation and expansion are the key strategies adopted by these players to strengthen their presence in the global garden and orchard type tractor machinery market.

Major Players

1. Deere & Company
2. Kubota Group
3. CNH Industrial N.V.
4. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
5. Tractor and Farm Equipment Limited

Source: Mordor Intelligence

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