Santa Rosa, Calif., August 27, 2024 – Lumo, the precision irrigation company that helps growers achieve and maintain precision irrigation quickly and efficiently, announced today the release of a new 4" smart valve. The new Lumo 4” valves are ideal for 5-20 acre blocks and come with the same great features as their 2” counterparts - they’re simple to install, easy to use, and more affordable than traditional systems that rely on hardwiring in solenoids and a complex patchwork of 3rd party tools.Over sixty vineyards in Napa, Sonoma, and the Central Coast, including some of the best growers in the world, are already using Lumo to irrigate their vines because it gives them 24/7 remote control of their irrigations, block-level visibility into their applied water volumes, and real-time alerts and support when things don’t go to plan. The new 4” valves are ideal for 5-20 acre blocks and come with the same great features as their 2” cou

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We have the honor to announce 10 new winners at the 9th annual KEGGY Awards, recognizing the exceptional impacts these partners have made in reducing waste from the landfill and CO2 emissions. The KEGGY Awards were created in 2014 to recognize winery partners for their commitment to sustainability by choosing reusable stainless-steel kegs - a truly zero-waste package. Each Free Flow keg holds the equivalent of 26 bottles of wine and will eliminate approximately 1,560 bottles from the landfill over its lifetime. WINERY AWARD RECIPIENTS  To recognize the bottle waste saved from the landfill   Saved more than 1,000,000 bottles (1,834,405 lbs CO2 emissions) Prestige Wine Imports Angeline and Martin Ray Vineyards & Winery   Saved more than 500,000 bottles (917,179 lbs CO2 emissions) Trinchero Family Estates Treasury Wine Estates Banfi   Saved more than 100,000 bottles (183,436 lbs CO2 emissions) Whisper Wines Kobrand Corporation Biagio Cru Wines & Spirits Da