TY - JOUR AU - Lyford, Gordon TI - Irrigation management service–a new water-management tool JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1977/05/01 VL - 31 IS - 5 SP - 18 EP - 18 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v031n05p18 AB - The U.S. Department of Agricultures Agricultural Research Service and the Bureau of Reclamation have developed a new scientific tool for determining when to irrigate and how much water to apply to specific crops. This Irrigation Management Service (IMS) uses a computer program that takes meteorological data and calculates the rate at which various crops are using water; performs various bookkeeping chores; and forecasts the date and amount of the next irrigation for individual fields and