WODR Bridge Sprinkler
Wielkopolska Agricultural Advisory Center in Poznań (WODR)
Country
Poland
Bridge sprinkler with a working width of 250 m equipped with a VRI system, e.g., a system of variable irrigation doses. Independent control of each of the 63 sprinklers. The sprinkler can irrigate an area of up to 20 hectares at once. The water dose is controlled manually, but it is possible to retrofit it with an automatic system based on, e.g., satellite data or a weather station system. Systems used: GPS+RTK, VRI. Specification: width 250 m; can irrigate an area of up to 20 hectares at once; possibility of irrigating only selected sectors, e.g., out of all 63 sprinklers, only a part can work at the same time, e.g., half of them, to compare the effect with and without irrigation. It is used for: - Cooperation with the soil moisture monitoring service through the possibility of increasing soil moisture - Machine tests in any soil moisture conditions - Machine tests in controlled rain conditions - Tests of the correctness of shape files with irrigation application maps in field conditions, i.e., tests of correctness and compatibility with a sprinkler equipped with the VRA system
