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GSA committee backs forwarding HydroSat measurement contract amid grower push to keep LandIQ option
Summary
Staff recommended a three‑year HydroSat contract after a grower questionnaire favored HydroSat (52%); growers and the Madera Ag Water Association urged keeping LandIQ as an option, citing an approximate 50/50 split in acreage using the two services. The committee agreed to forward the contract to the full board with a transition discussion.
Madera County GSA staff presented a procurement recommendation to consolidate satellite-based measurement to HydroSat for three years, citing a grower questionnaire in which 52% of respondents selected HydroSat as their preferred measurement method.
Stephanie Agneson said measurement processing costs are substantial — staff identified roughly $300,000 in the last budget for measurement methods, about 10% of a reported $3 million GSA administration budget — and proposed…
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