Idaho has a water shortage. Two teens are taking matters into their own hands

The future of farm irrigation could be in the hands of two Boise teenagers.

Henry Turcotte, 18, and Marco Trotta, 17, seniors at Bishop Kelly High School, through their own company “Irrigant,” have created an AI app that can forecast how much water a field needs to help Idaho farmers conserve water.

“I’m super interested in investing in Idaho as a whole and investing in our future,” Turcotte said in an interview at Bishop Kelly. “I want to build systems for the world around me.”…

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