While you might measure how sweaty you are by the size of your pit stains, for avocado growers understanding how much water their trees are losing on a hot day can be a little harder to quantify.
Thermal imaging and drones are calculating how much water trees are losing through transpiration
"It's just making sure that we're not wasting too much water when we can and try to get the best bang for the buck." "We can identify where the problems are in the orchards with water issues, blockages … just by using the drones," he said. Mr Donovan said while it was still early in the trial for his farm, he was already changing aspects of his operation in response to the data.
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