Precision Irrigation News
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Enhancing Crop Quality and Yield with Water Quality Sensors
The agriculture industry plays a pivotal role in supporting global food security and sustainable development. As the world’s population continues to grow, ensuring efficient crop cultivation and optimal yield becomes increasingly vital. One critical factor that directly impacts crop health and productivity is water quality. In this article, we will explore how water quality sensors have ...
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The GoAigua smart irrigation solution wins “Green Award” for its work in the field of sustainability
On October 3, Idrica Qatar (Aguas de Valencia WLL) was awarded first prize in the Green Awards’ Green Design category, thanks to the smart irrigation pilot program in which the GoAigua Smart Green solution was implemented in two parks in the city of Al Khor. Ashghal thus acknowledged the hard work carried out by the company in a project regarded as a Sustainable Development initiative, in ...
By Idrica
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How NIAB EMR research institute use Delta-T Devices soil sensors to improve crop yield and quality
Our second video featuring Dr Mark Else (NIAB EMR’s Head of Crop Science) looks in detail at how the NIAB EMR research teams use the Delta-T Devices WET-2 and SM150T Sensors to monitor soil moisture, temperature and pore EC (electrical conductivity) within their WET Centre strawberry ...
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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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By September 2021, SupPlant`s sensor-less technology will be implemented by 500,000 farmers in Kenya
SupPlant has raised $10 million in a funding round co-led by Boresight Capital, Menomadin Foundation, Smart-Agro Fund and Mivtah Shamir. The investment brings SupPlants’s total funding since the company was founded in 2012 to over $19 million. SupPlant’s technology is designed for the world’s 450 million small growers. By September 2021, the sensor-less technology will be ...
By SupPlant
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Delta-T Devices sensors at the NIAB EMR WET Centre - 2020 data shows record crop yields due to smart irrigation breakthroughs
The WET Centre is an extensive research and demonstration facility that features a portfolio of innovative growing techniques and smart irrigation systems for the soft fruit sector. It showcases the latest solutions to improve water use efficiency and local water security, reduce costs and achieve industry leading yields and financial returns. Delta-T Devices has been an industry partner of the ...
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HPGen™ improves crop yields, reduces irrigation system maintenance in Almeria greenhouse
Located in the highly productive greenhouse area in the Almeria region in southern Spain, a greenhouse grower with cucumbers in winter and watermelons in summer ran into some irrigation issues: the soil in the region is dry, the climate warm and the operators use organic fertilizers. The plants are grown in the typical Almeria sandy soil (enarenado) and are irrigated with a modern drip irrigation ...
By HPNOW
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Netafim, an Orbia Company, Acquires Dutch Greenhouse Company Gakon to Meet Growing Demand for Local All-Climate Food Production
Netafim, the global leader of precision irrigation solutions and agricultural projects and part of the Orbia community of companies, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dutch turn-key greenhouse project provider Gakon Horticultural Projects. Netafim has been active for several decades in the greenhouse market and is now expanding its offering in the production and ...
By Orbia
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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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Vinduino Announces 5th Generation Wireless Irrigation Controller
Temecula California, August 25, 2020 – Vinduino today announces their 5th generation wireless irrigation controller, which controls a pump, multiple irrigation valves, and keeps track of flow rate per irrigation block. The system works with eVineyard and eOrchard software for daily optimized variable rate irrigation to optimize crop results and save resources. The Vinduino 5G wireless ...
By Vinduino LLC
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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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IA celebrates efficient irrigation during July’s Smart Irrigation Month
The Irrigation Association is excited to announce that July 2020 has once again been designated as Smart Irrigation Month. This month-long initiative is an opportunity for the irrigation industry to promote the importance and value of smart irrigation practices. The benefits of smart irrigation are all around us — in the food we eat, the fresh air we breathe and the yards and green spaces ...
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Veolia supplies crystallization technology to produce premium potash fertilizer in Turkey
Veolia Water Technologies will provide key processing technologies integrating HPD ® crystallization systems designed to produce high-quality sulfate of potash. In a world with a growing emerging class of more affluent consumers, the demand for high-value foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and coffee is soaring. Thanks to greenhouses and precision irrigation, these ...
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Proper Irrigation of the Garden Using Intelligent Measurement Technology
In addition to the factors of light, temperature and nutrient availability, water is one of the most important prerequisites for healthy plant growth. If a plant lacks water, this not only inhibits growth, but in the worst case even leads to death of the plant. Since dry periods in summer are not uncommon, irrigation is of particular importance in practice. Water: The basic criterion for a ...
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Plastic-Puglia is the official sponsor of “IX th International symposium on irrigation”
Plastic-Puglia is the official sponsor and protagonist of the "IX th Symposium on Irrigation" and of the first "Festival of innovation on water and irrigation" which take place in Matera (Italy) from 17th to 20th June 2019. Plastic-Puglia attends by exhibiting the entire range of our products such as: high and low density polyethylene pipes, PVC and PE layflat (Aquaflat and Polyflat), the latest ...
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Plastic-Puglia attending at GreenTech Amsterdam fair from 11 to 13 June
Plastic-Puglia attending at GreenTech Amsterdam fair, from 11 to 13 June, (Booth 11, Stand 581) dedicated to professionals who apply technologies in the horticultural sector. The Dutch event is one of the most important in the world: during the last edition, the Fair was visited by over ten thousand professionals from 112 countries. Plastic-Puglia shall be introducing its latest technological ...
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Precision Irrigation & Water Management
We invite you to read our article in the latest issue by IsraelAgri on Precision Irrigation & Water Management. See the full Issue: ...
By Water Ways
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Free Irrigation Assessment Now Available from WaterBit
How Efficient Are Your Irrigation Practices? Find Out With Our Free Irrigation Assessment We’ve developed an Irrigation Assessment that takes into consideration the crops you grow, your farm’s terrain and soil types, your current water and energy usage, and your growing practices to develop a detailed Irrigation Assessment report. You’ll learn: How much time irrigation ...
By Farm(x)
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Hishtil Ltd. Installs inside their greenhouses the new irrigation technology by Conic System
Hishtil, one of the biggest companies in the world producing seedlings, installed the most advanced irrigation technology in the new project in Mexico. Hishtil and Conic System keep working together developing advanced technologies to improve the jobs in the greenhouses to let get the highest quality seedlings. Last Spring 2017 this technology has been installed, in 2 nurseries, one in Israel ...
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The New WET (Water Efficient Technologies) Centre, Based at NIAB EMR in East Malling, Kent, is Now Open
Officially opened on the 19th July at Fruit Focus 2017 by Defra Minister George Eustice, the WET Centre has been developed by NIAB EMR alongside the project’s commercial partners; Delta-T Devices, Berry Gardens Growers, Netafim UK, New Leaf Irrigation and CocoGreen. Further strategic support for the centre is provided by Meiosis, Kent County Council and LEAF. The WET Centre houses an ...
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