What you see is not necessarily what you get: check your irrigation system output to avoid drought

We have already talked about drought-related problems that are due to poor irrigation distribution uniformity and the need for irrigation audits. We have recently run across a different irrigation-related problem which may unfortunately be more common than we would like—irrigation systems that are not delivering as much water as they are programmed for. Severe drought stress is the result - a problem that no one can afford to deal with during the summer. For this reason, we recommend you use the relatively simple procedure below to check your irrigation system precipitation output to see whether they match up with the…