Case Study
Bart Flores
Flores Farms
Bart Flores is a pistachio grower out of Lemoore, CA and currently runs an operation of 850 acres. He runs a drip system that puts out 0.03 inches of water per hour across each of his six blocks. Tree spacing is split up half and half at 17' x 19' and 17' x 17', with the number of trees ranging from 17,000 to over 21,000 per block.
Pistachio
850 acres
Drip system
After the install of the DropControl system I saw results in my water usage and yields almost immediately.
Key Elements
- Converted to high frequency irrigation
- Went from manual soil moisture reading to continuous reading with probes.
- Infrastructure was retrofitted with automation.
- Maintaining adequate soil moisture levels with a heavy clay soil type.
In 2018, Bart saw another successful harvest season by saving 15% on water usage, hauling in a whopping 2.5+ million pounds (3,020 lbs/acre), and achieved a 38% increase in yield from the 2016 off-year.
