what is Smart Farm Management?
Smart Farm Management is the use of multiple technologies to improve farm practices. Here at Gradient we believe in combining multiple technologies such as weather monitoring, soil monitoring, stress monitoring, irrigation monitoring and satellite images to give you more insight to make better decisions to manage your farm smarter.
using Precision irrigation to improve farm practices
Precision Irrigation is the use of sensors and technology to optimize water usage in the fields. In our Precision Irrigation model, we include various sensors and technologies to monitor your crops. Such technologies include weather monitoring, soil monitoring, stress monitoring, irrigation monitoring, and satellite images. Through the use of Precision Irrigation we have been able to help growers save up to 10%-20% in water savings, potentially increase yields, and get better fruit/ nut quality.
How We monitor your crops
1.
Atmos 14
The Atmos 14 is a 4 in 1 sensor that measures air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, and vapor pressure.
- Air Temperature
- Relative Humidity
- Barometric Pressure
- Vapor Pressure
2.
Terros 10
The Terros 10 is a durable and reliable soil mositure sensor used to read volumetric water content in the soil regardless of soil type.
- Volumetric Water Content
3.
Infrared radiometer
Our Infrared Radiometer monitors surface temperature of a plant or tree’s canopy by measuring the thermal energy radiating from it’s leaves.
- Canopy Temperature
4.
Pressure Switch
Our Pressure Switch monitors when irrigation is turned on and off, allowing us to compute how much irrigation was done in a day.
- Irrigation Hours