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SOURCE: OnFarm Systems Inc.
OnFarm Systems, the first company to build a comprehensive system to integrate farm hardware information has made the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) weather station data available to all users.
Fresno, CA (PRWEB) March 03, 2013
Since the beginning of the CIMIS weather station network in 1982, the primary purpose of CIMIS was to make available to the public, free of charge, information useful in estimating crop water use for irrigation scheduling. Over the years CIMIS has become the benchmark for irrigation scheduling for thousands of California farmers. Now OnFarm has made the access and use of that information easier for users with real-time access to over 120 reporting stations in California right inside the OnFarm system. OnFarm users can access CIMIS data without any additional cost.
About OnFarm: OnFarm is the ?rst Software-as-Service (SaaS) company to combine a comprehensive array of agriculture data from premier hardware and information providers into a single grower-friendly management and decision platform. For more information, please visit http://www.onfarmsystems.com or call 877-663-2761
About CIMIS: The California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) is a program in the Office of Water Use Efficiency (OWUE), California Department of Water Resources (DWR) that manages a network of over 120 automated weather stations in the state of California. CIMIS was developed in 1982 by the California Department of Water Resource and the University of California at Davis to assist California's irrigators manage their water resources efficiently. Efficient use of water resources benefits Californians by saving water, energy, and money.
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OnFarm Systems Inc.
877-663-2761
info(at)onfarmsystems(dot)com
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