Irrigation Systems

Almond Irrigation Systems

California grows roughly 80 percent of the world's almonds, and water is the crop's defining challenge. Between groundwater regulation, drought and the cost of pumping, every acre-inch counts. WiseConn helps almond growers irrigate with precision: automate your valves, monitor soil moisture and weather in real time, and water based on data, all on top of the drip or micro-sprinkler system you already run.
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Why almond growers need precision irrigation

Almonds are a long-season, high-investment crop with a deep root zone and high water demand. Getting irrigation right at key stages, such as hull split, is one of the most important calls a grower makes each year, and doing it by fixed schedule leaves water, energy and money on the table.

Node unit supporting smart irrigation systems with cloud connectivity, allowing automated adjustments to irrigation practices based on environmental changes

In California, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and rising water and energy costs have made efficiency a business necessity, not just good practice. Precision irrigation lets you document and reduce water use while keeping the orchard on a sound watering strategy.

Automate your almond irrigation with WiseConn

WiseConn brings field hardware and the DropControl platform together into a single system for managing irrigation across your whole operation. Rugged field nodes monitor and control the orchard, while DropControl gives you a web dashboard and a mobile app to manage it from anywhere.

  • RF-M1 monitoring node for soil and environmental monitoring across the orchard.
  • RF-V1 valve controller for wireless control of latch valves, block by block.
  • RF-C1 irrigation controller for local control with multiple inputs and relays.
  • RF-X1 monitoring and control for multi-sensor, flexible automation.

DropControl is built on an open architecture, so you can start with monitoring on your current setup and scale to full automation at your own pace.

How it works

  • Field nodes collect soil moisture, weather and system data and send it over into DropControl to help make better informed decisions
  • Data flows to the cloud and is available in real time through the DropControl web platform and mobile app.
  • You define irrigation rules and schedules, and the system runs them automatically, opening and closing valves block by block.
  • Three roles, one platform: irrigators run day-to-day watering from the mobile app, farm managers make decisions and report from the web, and owners track water use and sustainability.

What growers gain

Water savings

Schedule irrigation from real soil moisture and evapotranspiration data instead of a fixed calendar, reducing water use by 20 to 40 percent depending on your starting point.

Energy savings

In California, energy is often priced differently through the day. WiseConn lets you pump when it is cheapest and only when the orchard needs it.