A new program, being developed by NASA, may soon be able to help California farmers with their crops. NASA, through a partnership with the California Department of Water Resources, Western Growers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and several others, will combine irrigation information with weather data, crop types and soil maps to estimate a farm’s needs. The program, which will provide weekly satellite images that show farmers which crops need water and which don’t, is still in it’s planning stages, no date has yet been set on when the NASA program will be ready.
