| CPC A01G 25/167 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/02 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |

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1. A location-specific irrigation management method for predicting plant-realisable water in a crop location, the location-specific irrigation management method comprising:
acquiring a soil moisture value by a network-interfacing sensor at the crop location, said soil moisture value being indicative of a location-specific plant-realisable water value at the crop location;
receiving at a network communications device said soil moisture value and an irrigation signal indicative of an irrigation event at the crop location; storing, over time and in association with the crop location, said soil moisture value and said irrigation signal; and
determining, at a digital data processor, for the crop location and at least in part based on said stored moisture value and said irrigation signal, a location-specific plant-realisable water characteristic for the crop location, said location-specific plant-realisable water characteristic comprising a location-specific apparent evapotranspiration coefficient calculated using a generic evapotranspiration and said soil moisture value for the crop location,
wherein said location-specific plant-realisable water characteristic is for predicting a future plant-realisable water value at the crop location for a watering schedule and controlling irrigation at the crop location based on the watering schedule, at least in part based on the location-specific apparent evapotranspiration coefficient corresponding to the crop location.
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