{"id":61917,"date":"2025-02-05T10:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metos.global\/?p=61917"},"modified":"2025-02-06T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:59:57","slug":"in-field-variability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metos.global\/en\/in-field-variability\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather &#8211; It\u2019s The Variability That\u2019s Hard To Farm With"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"61917\" class=\"elementor elementor-61917\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9705e16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9705e16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a98aa19\" data-id=\"a98aa19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a6107 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05a6107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Weather &#8211; It\u2019s The Variability That\u2019s Hard To Farm With<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2ebd69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2ebd69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PART I<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6cbec4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c6cbec4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-566682e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"566682e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Guy Ash, Global Training Manager, Pessl Instruments<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1a998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e1a998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For dryland production on the northern great plains, up to 70% of the uncontrolled risk a farmer faces is from weather &#8211; yes 70%. Or put another way, 70% of your income is at risk. We all know that weather conditions (e.g. wind speed\/direction, precipitation, leaf wetness, soil moisture and temperature) vary over distances or geography, but the impact they have on farm operations is enormous.\u00a0 Do we know, however, that the in-field variability can also be significant? <strong>How does this spatial variability impact the day-to-day operations on a farm?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p><i>In this settlement of <strong>Farm Weather Talk<\/strong>, we will take a closer look at weather spatial variability (conditions to-date and forecasts) and the impact it has on a number of farm management decisions: e.g., seeding, fertility, diseases, irrigation management, yields, work planning and harvest conditions.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bad85aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bad85aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Weather-Its-the-Variability_cover-1024x449.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-62007\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Weather-Its-the-Variability_cover-1024x449.png 1024w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Weather-Its-the-Variability_cover-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Weather-Its-the-Variability_cover-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Weather-Its-the-Variability_cover-1536x674.png 1536w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Weather-Its-the-Variability_cover-18x8.png 18w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Weather-Its-the-Variability_cover.png 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb4a7cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cb4a7cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e7ecb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"63e7ecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0adfab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0adfab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efa2c20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efa2c20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>INTRODUCTION<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0289203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0289203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whenever a farmer is in the coffee shop, the talk will at some point turn to weather. \u201c<i>How much rain did you get? 1 inch (25 mm), I got 2 inches (50 mm)<\/i>.\u201d<\/p><p>It\u2019s the spatial variability that impacts the day-to-day operations and can add significant costs or benefits to farm operations. <b>First<\/b>, let&#8217;s look at the various weather parameters and how they vary over geography. It\u2019s well known that weather parameters can be impacted by human land use, such as pollution and the building of cities, soil type\/texture, proximity of water to a crop, vegetation cover, latitude, and topography, but what is the impact of these variations on crop management?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea455fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea455fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Farmer-looking-at-the-data.-Having-real-time-site-specific-sensors-can-help-make-a-better-informed-decision-1024x712.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-61920 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Farmer-looking-at-the-data.-Having-real-time-site-specific-sensors-can-help-make-a-better-informed-decision-1024x712.png 1024w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Farmer-looking-at-the-data.-Having-real-time-site-specific-sensors-can-help-make-a-better-informed-decision-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Farmer-looking-at-the-data.-Having-real-time-site-specific-sensors-can-help-make-a-better-informed-decision-768x534.png 768w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Farmer-looking-at-the-data.-Having-real-time-site-specific-sensors-can-help-make-a-better-informed-decision-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Farmer-looking-at-the-data.-Having-real-time-site-specific-sensors-can-help-make-a-better-informed-decision.png 1251w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/712;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the picture: Farmer looking at the data. Having real-time site-specific sensors can help make a better informed decision.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d6aba elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e0d6aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f63963 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f63963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In general terms, each weather parameter (temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, solar energy, wind speed\/direction, soil moisture and\u00a0 temperature, leaf wetness) is impacted differently by changes in geography, installation heights and locations. The important message we can offer from this edition of Farm Weather Talk, is that<b> if you want to understand the impact of weather on field management, then you need to have weather information and a forecast from the field<\/b>.<\/p><p>This is the reason why meteorology has been inaccurate and not trusted by farmers for management decisions. The spatial variability of weather and its impact on seeding, fertility, spraying, disease development, harvest and yields requires field level IoT devices for the information to be relevant\/accurate and in this talk you will clearly see why this is required.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eed08d8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"eed08d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8434c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f8434c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33aec1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33aec1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>PRECIPITATION: IMPACTS PLANT DEVELOPMENT, NUTRIENT UPTAKE, PRODUCT DEPOSITION, YIELD, QUALITY, AND FIELD OPERATIONS<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6738588 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6738588\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-28c4e68\" data-id=\"28c4e68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb696f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb696f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Precipitation is highly variable based on elevation and type of weather event (localize storms to more widespread synoptic storms). As water vapor is forced to rise, it condenses and eventually forms clouds and then precipitation. Areas that are upslope from moving storms tend to have higher precipitation events.<\/p><p>This can happen in coastal areas or even areas that have upsloping movement or retrogressing storms forced to move backward upslope. In many areas of the great plains, precipitation during the growing season falls from localized storms or thunderstorms.<\/p><p><strong>The localized nature of these storms results in very localized and potentially heavy amounts of precipitation<\/strong>. It is not uncommon to find a reading of 6 mm (\u00bc inch) in one field, while a field 1 1\u20442 km (1 mile) away may have 30 mm (1 1\u20444 inches).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-65cd5b6\" data-id=\"65cd5b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a69c8e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a69c8e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"489\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Weather-station-and-an-AI-camera.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-61921 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Weather-station-and-an-AI-camera.png 307w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Weather-station-and-an-AI-camera-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Weather-station-and-an-AI-camera-8x12.png 8w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 307px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 307\/489;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the picture: Weather station and an AI-camera<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f6a7a7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2f6a7a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc4add1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cc4add1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d921f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06d921f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>YIELD STUDY<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84233ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84233ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an example, <strong>four IoT devices<\/strong> measuring precipitation were compared in a yield study and were all within<strong> 6 to 10 km (3.6 to 6.2 miles) apart<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The IoT device located right at the corn field had a total of about 162 mm (6.4 inches) of precipitation from May 2 to September 2, which is well below the long term normal of 312mm (12.3 inches). The IoT device just to the west of the field (about 6 km, 3.6 miles) had 169 mm (6.6 inches) for the same period, while the IoT device further west (about 10 km, 6 miles) had 234 mm (9.1 inches) and one southwest of the field (about 8km, 5 miles) had 200mm (7.9 inches).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84b250d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84b250d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-1024x610.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-61922 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-1536x915.png 1536w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field.png 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/610;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the picture: Precipitation measured by IoT Devices at different locations of the same field<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c00dcdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c00dcdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-1024x620.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-61923 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-1536x930.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Precipitation-measured-by-IoT-Devices-at-different-locations-of-the-same-field.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/620;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39c9772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"39c9772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f61ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67f61ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This clearly illustrates the large spatial variability in precipitation (<strong>72 mm or about 3 inches between the IoT devices used in this study<\/strong>) on the Canadian Prairies, and the need for in-field IoT devices for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/yield-prediction\/\">yield prediction<\/a><\/span> or any crop analysis. To put this another way, the difference in rainfall totals equates to about a <strong>15 to 35 bu\/acre difference in corn yield<\/strong>. At $5 corn this translates into $75 &#8211; $175 per acre different in gross income based on the variability in precipitation.<\/p><p>I have personally experienced a storm that dropped 90 mm (about 3 \u00bd inches) of precipitation in 1 hour and 10 minutes at my location, while the airport <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/stations-dataloggers\/\">weather station<\/a><\/span> (12 km or 7 miles away) recorded 13 mm (\u00bd inch) of precipitation (images below). The impact of this variability results in completely different management techniques, with one area flooding and the other experiencing a nice recharge rainfall event. With climate variability becoming more extreme, the magnitude of these events is growing larger, making farm management risk more difficult to handle and highlighting the essential role of in-field IoT devices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c02ee1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c02ee1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"785\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Extreme-weather-event-1024x785.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-61924 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Extreme-weather-event-1024x785.png 1024w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Extreme-weather-event-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Extreme-weather-event-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Extreme-weather-event-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Extreme-weather-event.png 1202w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/785;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the picture: Extreme weather event<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-233e1fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"233e1fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-gauge-rain-bucket-installed-in-the-field.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-61925 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-gauge-rain-bucket-installed-in-the-field.png 570w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-gauge-rain-bucket-installed-in-the-field-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Precipitation-gauge-rain-bucket-installed-in-the-field-16x12.png 16w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 570px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 570\/427;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the picture: Precipitation gauge\/rain bucket installed in the field<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a717da elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6a717da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c87a48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7c87a48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4c6f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a4c6f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>HOW DOES PRECIPITATION VARIATION IMPACT CROP MANAGEMENT? <\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-409c01d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"409c01d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Water is the single most important factor for crop development; it drives all the biological processes in plant growth. Therefore, knowing how much water is stored in the soil from precipitation and\/or irrigation is extremely important. Capturing how much precipitation fell or is stored in the soil can be easily done with a <strong>rain bucket and a soil moisture probe<\/strong>. To put it another way, each 25 mm (1 inch) of stored water equates to a specific number of bushels for each crop. This topic will be discussed in the last edition of this article in the chapter: Putting it All Together.<\/p><p>Precipitation can also impact seeding, <strong>spraying<\/strong> and harvest operations, by reducing field access, product efficacy, and harvest quality (grade losses). Field operations can be managed by a <strong>field specific forecast and work planning solutions<\/strong>, which are built for the actual field.<\/p><p>In this case, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/stations-dataloggers\/\">field-specific weather station<\/a><\/span> is used to help build a site-specific forecast, with work planning solutions by nudging and tuning the forecast for the actual field location (not the nearest town or based on a grid point), weighting the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/weather-forecast\/\">forecast<\/a> <\/span>model performance, using AI to learn the location&#8217;s climate, and updating the forecast every hour.<\/p><p>Once a field-specific forecast is created, the RMSE (root mean square error) of the forecast is much lower than that of traditional forecasts, resulting in accurate field-level work planning solutions. These updates occur hourly and provide an hour-by-hour forecast for the next 7 days, covering activities such as tillage, field accessibility, sowing ability, plant nutrition, <strong>spraying<\/strong>, and <strong>harvest windows<\/strong>, which are highly impacted by precipitation events. More on spraying applications is covered in the temperature section.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d69cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34d69cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"369\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Site-specific-weather-forecast-1024x369.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-61926 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Site-specific-weather-forecast-1024x369.png 1024w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Site-specific-weather-forecast-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Site-specific-weather-forecast-768x276.png 768w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Site-specific-weather-forecast-1536x553.png 1536w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Site-specific-weather-forecast-18x6.png 18w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/In-the-picture_Site-specific-weather-forecast.png 1564w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/369;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the picture: Site specific weather forecast<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a4c142 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4a4c142\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed628ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ed628ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7db84c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7db84c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM PART I<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b862a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b862a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this first part of Farm Weather Talk &#8211; <strong>Weather-It&#8217;s the variability that&#8217;s hard to farm with<\/strong>, we explored how weather variability\u2014especially precipitation\u2014plays a crucial role in farm operations. 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