Precision irrigation automation has never been accessible for most wine grape growers. Because it’s expensive and complicated, only the largest producers with sizeable budgets could afford its benefits...
Irrigation plans are only as good as their execution—but for many vineyard managers, the water their vines receive often falls short of what was intended. This disconnect, known as The Irrigation Execution...
Fresno, CA – April 1, 2025 – Semios, a leading provider of precision agriculture solutions, is proud to introduce Remote Fertigation Control within the Semios Irrigation Scheduler, enabling growers to...
How do you know if your vineyard blocks are actually receiving the right amount of water? If you’re like most growers today, you have no easy way to verify volumes at a block level because you don’t have...
Santa Rosa, Calif., February 24, 2025 – Lumo, the precision irrigation company that invented the world’s first smart valve for agriculture, announced today the integration of pressure monitoring into their...
Lumo, the precision irrigation company revolutionizing water management through the invention of the smart valve, has partnered with AvidWater and Advanced Viticulture to bring...
It’s generally believed that farmers are slow to adopt new technology. Yet, while this adage may be true for more expensive and untested innovations, when a new technology is practical, affordable and...
By Laurie Wachter In an era of water scarcity, new water use monitoring requirements and labor shortages, automated irrigation has become a must, particularly in California’s drought-prone Wine Country. ...
HotSpot AG founder James Nichols lived the daily challenges of farming when he returned home to Hanford after his UC Davis graduation. His family tasked him with implementing a water budget for irrigating...
Winegrowers are drilling down to create optimal soil and circumstances. By Kathleen Willcox Winemaking has always been a marriage — or, at times, a compromise — between art and science. In recent...
