Systems and methods for scheduling and coordinating applications of fertilizers, pesticides, and water in agricultural fields

An irrigation system comprising:

• a series of mobile towers each having wheels and a motor for driving the wheels;
• support structure for connecting the mobile towers to each other;
• a water-carrying conduit supported by the support structure;
• a plurality of water emitters connected to the conduit for delivering water to a ground surface;
• a plurality of valves for controlling water flow to the water emitters;
• a control system for controlling operation of the motors and the valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule to move the irrigation system over a ground surface and to apply selected amounts of fluids to the ground surface;
• and
• a processing system in communication with the control system, the processing system programmed to
• access data from the irrigation schedule;
• receive data from a fertilizer schedule;
• receive data from a pesticide schedule;
• determine a coordinated water/fertilizer/pesticide application schedule that indicates when to apply water, fertilizers, and pesticides to the field based on the data from the irrigation schedule, the fertilizer schedule, and the pesticide schedule;
• receive location data representative of a location of the mobile irrigation system;
• receive location data representative of a location of a fertilizer applicator;
• receive location data representative of a location of a pesticide applicator;
• determine when the fertilizer applicator may enter the field and apply fertilizers to the field based on the coordinated water/fertilizer/pesticide application schedule, the location of the mobile irrigation system, and the location of the pesticide applicator;
• and
• determine when the pesticide applicator may enter the field and apply pesticides to the field based on the coordinated water/fertilizer/pesticide application schedule, the location of the mobile irrigation system, and the location of the fertilizer applicator.