irrigation system News
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ClimaCell Collaborate with Ag-Tech Startup SupPlant
We are proud to announce a new collaboration with ClimaCell Inc., a leading weather intelligence platform. Israeli Ag-Tech startup SupPlant, which develops data-driven autonomous irrigation systems, has signed a preliminary agreement with weather prediction giant ClimaCell to bring smart irrigation systems to small-scale farmers around the world. ClimaCell is a weather intelligence platform ...
By SupPlant
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Save labor: Fertilizer and Irrigation Automation
Vinduino 5th generation wireless irrigation systems support automated fertilizer injection and pump control. With the eVineyard and eOrchard software you can automatically optimize variable rate irrigation to improve crop results and save resources & labor. While automatically adjusting to evapotranspiration on a day-by-day basis, irrigation and fertilizer timing is controlled with ...
By Vinduino LLC
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San Gabriel Cemetery to Save More Than 140,000 Gallons of Water Per Year
California American Water announced today that San Gabriel Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in the San Gabriel Valley, has received a California American Water grant funding the installation of two weather-based irrigation controller systems on the cemetery’s property. The new technology will provide San Gabriel Cemetery, located partly in the city ...
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Sensor-based Irrigation Systems Show Potential to Increase Greenhouse Profitability
Wireless sensor-based irrigation systems can offer significant benefits to greenhouse operators. Advances in sensor technology and increased understanding of plant physiology have made it possible for greenhouse growers to use water content sensors to accurately determine irrigation timing and application rates in soilless substrates. The wireless sensor systems provide more accurate measurements ...
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EPA’s watersense program to label innovative watering technology/weather-based irrigation controllers can help save 110 billion gallons of water and $410 million per year on utility bills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense program announced today that irrigation controllers will soon be the first outdoor product eligible to earn the WaterSense label. The most efficient irrigation controllers, which operate like a thermostat for your sprinkler system by telling it when to turn on and off, may provide home and building owners the ability to save 110 ...
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Silicon Technology from Dow Corning Helps to Improve Efficiency of Water Delivery
As countries around the world grapple with water shortages due to fast-growing populations and changing climates, silicon technology is helping farmers around the world irrigate their crops more efficiently, reducing the amount of water required. Solar-powered pumps and drip irrigation systems reduce water utilization on farms. (Photo: Business Wire) According to ...
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ABB irrigation control solution saves water and energy in Spain
The ABB solution controls the irrigation system for 10,700 plots of land in a 210 square-kilometer belt of prime agricultural land in the Zujar Canal region of western Spain, where local farmers grow sweet corn, tomatoes, olives, rice and a variety of other fruits and vegetables. Prior to ABB’s involvement, many farmers had to drive up to 40 kilometers to irrigate their land. They had to open ...
By ABB
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Dutch university uses PlantCare technology
Dutch university Wageningen UR uses PlantCare equipment for soil moisture research in their greenhouse horticulture facilities in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands. 6 PlantCare wireless sensors, for recording soil moisture and soil temperature, and a PlantControl CX wireless data logger with modem, for sending the data to an email address, are being used. PlantCare’s worldwide patented sensor ...
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ESI Announces a $500,000 Private Placement
E. S. I. Environmental Sensors Inc. (“ESI” or the “Company”), TSX-V: ESV is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement of up to 10,000,000 units (“Units”) at $0.05 per Unit to raise gross proceeds of up to CAD$500,000. Each Unit will consist of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will be ...
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HydroPoint Reduces Outdoor Irrigation by up to 39% at Select Walmart Stores
HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., provider of the WeatherTRAK® Smart Water Management solution, today announced that select Walmart stores have reduced outdoor irrigation water consumption by an average of 39% per site since deploying the company’s WeatherTRAK Smart Irrigation Controllers in 2008. With 631 WeatherTRAK controllers currently installed ...
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Optimal substrate moisture content determined for high-quality bedding plants
The bedding plants sold in retail outlets are typically grown in greenhouse production environments where professionals can monitor irrigation, light, and temperature. When the greenhouse-grown plants reach the retail market, however, they are often subjected to a range of less-than-ideal light levels, temperatures, and irrigation schedules that can be detrimental to plant quality and vigor. ...
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BACKHUS Series 21
Edewecht, Munich, November 4, 2010 – Shortly after celebrating their 25th anniversary, BACKHUS EcoEngineers will be launching a new series of turners, the BACKHUS 21 series. With the new machines, the world’s leading company for turners is reacting to the growing demands in the composting sector. In their 25 years in the composting business, BACKHUS EcoEngineers have succeeded in ...
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Plastic-Puglia: Watering your crops while saving resources
In summer, keeping a vegetable garden well watered means keeping an open tap like you haven’t seen since your last kegger in college. When the little rainfall in winter can make it seem like summer year-round, our finite resource such as water becomes ever more precious, in spite of the few rainstorms that did pass through in winter. Since the last few years, world has become ...
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Irrigate for Profit
Smart irrigation, synchronized fertilizer control, flow rate monitoring At Vinduino, every day is smart irrigation day. We help farmers irrigate for profit: improve crop results and water efficiency, while saving labor. The Vinduino wireless irrigation controller can uniquely operate a fertilizer pump, multiple irrigation valves, and track flow rate per irrigation block. The system works with ...
By Vinduino LLC
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HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. Unveils New WeatherTRAK Smart Water Management Solutions
HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., the proven leader in Smart Water Management Solutions, today announced the release of three new industry-leading WeatherTRAK products designed to extend the company’s comprehensive offering of smart irrigation and central control products in 2012. WeatherTRAK continues to deliver the most cost-effective and easy-to-use ...
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How many soil moisture units will I need for my farm?
Soil moisture monitoring is a tool to assist with fine tuning irrigation scheduling. The greater the number of locations measured, the greater the resolution the data gathered will provide. If you are measuring one area and making irrigation decisions for your whole farm you should consider the following questions: Is your soil type consistent throughout your farm? How many irrigation ...
By Wildeye
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Agriculture Industry Veteran Kylen Hunt Joins GroGuru as VP of Business Development
Kylen Hunt, a precision agriculture Industry veteran has joined the GroGuru management team as the vice president in business development. In this role, Kylen is focused on developing new business opportunities in agriculture for GroGuru including strategic partnerships and market channel partners. According to Kylen, "Our objective is to connect great technology with great people and as a ...
By GroGuru
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Constellation Energy and PureSense Environmental Partner to Provide Automated Load Response Services to Growers
Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced an agreement with PureSense Environmental, Inc. to provide automated load response programs to customers of PureSense Environmental’s energy response program, PureSenseESP. The relationship will provide the real-time irrigation management company the opportunity to offer their growers Constellation Energy’s innovative load response ...
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