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Napa RCD is hosting a soil health and water management workshop for vineyards this Friday at Napa Valley College, St. Helena Campus. Great opportunity to learn from experts and network with folks. You might even see Ernie Wilson and Andy White there!

Kathy Turner and Val King will be at the Annual Sustainable Winegrowing Field Day, BBQ, and Leadership Academy Graduation on Friday, July 26th at Shone Farm! See you there? #sustainability #winegrowing Sonoma County Winegrowers

Ever wondered just how easy it is to get started with Lumo? Let Ernie Wilson show you in 90 seconds flat.

The idea that farmers are slow to adopt technology conflicts with two things I've seen: 1. How my dad farmed when I was growing up 2. How quickly growers have adopted Lumo smart valves over the past two years In my experience, growers are always looking for ways to make things better and understand well that technological innovation is a powerful tool for increasing productivity on the farm over the long run. Farmers are prudent and frugal. Cautious, skeptical, and averse to risk. But if you give them a tool that works at a price that makes sense, they’ll put it to work. #agtech #irrigationtechnology #technologyadoption

"With the Lumo valves, we have this micro control that we didn't necessarily have in the past. We know that what we are scheduling is getting executed. We know the timing is right and we have confidence in the valves’ ability to give us the quality that we want from the vineyard.” Listen to Hannah Lindner, Viticulture Manager at Wente Vineyards, tell the story of saving time, gaining control, shifting to pumping water at off-peak hours, and expanding their use of Lumo across their entire Ernest Ranch up in Livermore. #watermanagement #irrigationtechnology #agtech

Accountability is at the heart of what we do at Lumo. Our solution gives growers irrigation accountability. Real-time data on applied water volumes. Block-level visibility into how their system is performing. And our team is accountable to growers, ensuring our technology doesn’t interrupt or delay their farming operations. When there are issues, we respond, we show up, and we care. We’re a dedicated irrigation partner, not just another tech vendor, and we know water can’t wait. Accountability is huge because it closes the feedback loop, holds everyone to a high standard, and cultivates excellence. Excellence in irrigation practices and performance. And excellence in the products, services, and outcomes we deliver to growers. We hold ourselves accountable because we strive for excellence. We give growers the automation system they need to irrigate with excellence. Excellence and accountability. They go hand in hand. #irrigationtechnology #agtech #watermanagement

Irrigating precisely is complicated, difficult to accurately verify, and a lot of hard work. Doing it manually is time consuming and largely leaves you in the dark, while traditional controller-based automation tools tend to add more complexity, expense, and points of failure. Lumo’s automation system is different. It gives growers a better, easier, more efficient way to irrigate with unprecedented levels of precision. On July 18th at 11am, join Val King, one of the industry’s top irrigation experts, and Ryan Decker, a world-class grower on the forefront of irrigation automation, to see how Lumo delivers block-level visibility, greater execution flexibility, and more operational levers to pull against the realities of labor, water, and climate. You can register for the Wine Industry Network webinar here: https://lnkd.in/eK_2g2gC #agtech #watermanagement #irrigationtechnology

Conserving water is a major focus for Treasury Wine Estates as the company strives to cultivate a brighter future for all by building a resilient business and producing sustainable wines. Listen to Shawn Ramsay, Vineyard Manager at the iconic Beaulieu Vineyard in Napa Valley, talk about how the team uses smart-valve automation and innovative new hardware to gain a clear line of sight into block-level water usage, improve their irrigator’s productivity, and manage water resources as efficiently as possible. #sustainability #watermanagement #irrigationtechnology

We’ve just finished our 50th vineyard install of 2024. And I want to take a minute to celebrate and thank our amazing farm community. I’ve been totally humbled by how incredibly supportive, patient, and forgiving the agricultural community has been to Lumo and our team. We’re still new. New product. New supply chain. Many new team members. And as a result, we’ve made our fair share of missteps and mistakes. We haven’t been perfect. There’s no doubt about that. Many installs were a month late. But instead of cutting us loose and saying “call us when you’re ready,” every single grower we work with has been unbelievably understanding. They know we’re going to have growing pains and kinks we need to iron out. And they’ve given us the space and opportunity to do that. They’ve made us feel like a part of the community. And I don’t know if that’s because we showed up with the intent to build a product hand-in-hand with growers, listening to their feedback, learning from their experiences, and solving their biggest irrigation headaches. Or if it’s because whenever there’s an issue, we respond to their texts right away and show up to their ranch and tell them what we’re going to do differently next time. But I can tell you that the support we’ve received has been incredible and the sense of community it’s building with our team is such a powerful thing. We’re in this together. The other day a grower, who admittedly hasn’t had the smoothest onboarding, said to me, “Look, I know what great looks like. And I’m going to tell you when I’m not getting it, so that your team can continue to level up.” That’s something a coach would say, not a client… it’s a truly humbling experience to have that level of support from one of the best. And I’ve never seen it in any other industry. So shout out to all the farmers. You’re an amazing group. And I promise we will never waste or take advantage of that trust. We are going to show up and support, because we’re building something together. And we promise to make it great. That level of support and trust and long-term mindset, it’s just going to be absolute jet fuel for the growth of this business and the impact we’re ultimately going to be able to have on the world. Thank you. Very excited to share the amazing impact we’ve been seeing over the first couple months of irrigation in my next post :) #agtech #startups #agriculture #irrigation

Since I started working at Lumo, I’ve been intrigued by a paradox that lies at the heart of water management in agriculture. On one hand, growers understand that irrigation is one of the most important tools they have at their disposal for increasing crop quality and yield. They know it’s absolutely crucial to put on the right volumes at the right times. And yet, many growers don’t actually know exactly how much water they’re applying. They still lack real-time visibility and volume-based control. How could that possibly be?