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August 15, 2019

Farmers use tech to squeeze every drop from Colorado River

  • Climatologists warn the river's long-term outlook is uncertain at best, and competition for water will intensify as the population grows and the climate changes.
    • By DAN ELLIOTT
    Associated Press

    GREELEY, Colo. — A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day.

    After a brief, snaking flight above the field, the drone landed and the researchers removed a handful of memory cards. Back at their computers, they analyzed the images for signs the corn was stressed from a lack of water.


     
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