May 6, 2026 · 36 min · 16 segments
Anyone who has an irrigation system knows that it needs to be maintained for peak performance. Anyone who has an irrigation system also knows that almost everything seems to be more important in the…
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Um, you know, a DU test is, uh, it, it's called a distribution uniformity test, and it's to measure the performance of an agricultural irrigation system, specifically drip microsystems, tape systems, and sprinkler systems.
And the intent is to find out how good of a job those irrigation systems are doing of distributing water and often nutrients as well to every plant in, in that zone, in, in the, in the block that's irrigating at that time.
You know, we have our fruit tree and nut crops, and we have our vegetable crops, we have field crops.
But this tool was specifically created to help farmers quickly determine whether their DU was in the good range or in the bad range.
I- in other words, is their system doing a good job of distributing water to each of the plants in their crop? And then what's really different about it is that if it is not doing a good job, and you know, we get into the numbers of what defines good and bad, but if it's not doing a good job, in the process of, of this protocol, the technician is also looking at the system and asking questions and interviewing the grower to help identify why the system isn't doing so good.
[laughs] So we're not just delivering a, a score on what the DU is, and that's a number usually between .9 and .5, .9 being the highest and .5 being the lowest.
It, you know, that's, that's basically determined by taking measurements, flow and pressure measurements from the irrigation devices in the field.
But we're also identifying if the DU score is low, what might be the problem, so that the farmer can then take that information to their, their irrigation dealer or their consultant or their tech department if they're a large corporate grower, and have somebody start to troubleshoot, you know, hey, is it clogging? Is it pressure problems? Because what it boils down to is if the DU is not good, it is costing that grower a lot of money in both water, energy, and fertilizer costs, which we enumerate in this program, but also potentially in foregone yield potential and quality.
Most growers will admit that if their irrigation systems are working better, that they'll probably get a better yield.
We can't put an exact number to that, but we can give you some estimates, and that's the basis of the program.
You know, DU is basically a measurement that's taken in the field of flow and pressure, and we basically convert that number into a dollar and cents number that the grower can then evaluate whether it makes sense to go and try to fix it or not.
Um, you know, a DU test is, uh, it, it's called a distribution uniformity test, and it's to measure the performance of an agricultural irrigation system, specifically drip microsystems, tape systems, and sprinkler systems.
And the intent is to find out how good of a job those irrigation systems are doing of distributing water and often nutrients as well to every plant in, in that zone, in, in the, in the block that's irrigating at that time.
You know, we have our fruit tree and nut crops, and we have our vegetable crops, we have field crops.
But this tool was specifically created to help farmers quickly determine whether their DU was in the good range or in the bad range.
I- in other words, is their system doing a good job of distributing water to each of the plants in their crop? And then what's really different about it is that if it is not doing a good job, and you know, we get into the numbers of what defines good and bad, but if it's not doing a good job, in the process of, of this protocol, the technician is also looking at the system and asking questions and interviewing the grower to help identify why the system isn't doing so good.
[laughs] So we're not just delivering a, a score on what the DU is, and that's a number usually between .9 and .5, .9 being the highest and .5 being the lowest.
It, you know, that's, that's basically determined by taking measurements, flow and pressure measurements from the irrigation devices in the field.
But we're also identifying if the DU score is low, what might be the problem, so that the farmer can then take that information to their, their irrigation dealer or their consultant or their tech department if they're a large corporate grower, and have somebody start to troubleshoot, you know, hey, is it clogging? Is it pressure problems? Because what it boils down to is if the DU is not good, it is costing that grower a lot of money in both water, energy, and fertilizer costs, which we enumerate in this program, but also potentially in foregone yield potential and quality.
Most growers will admit that if their irrigation systems are working better, that they'll probably get a better yield.
We can't put an exact number to that, but we can give you some estimates, and that's the basis of the program.
You know, DU is basically a measurement that's taken in the field of flow and pressure, and we basically convert that number into a dollar and cents number that the grower can then evaluate whether it makes sense to go and try to fix it or not.
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