Precision irrigation automation has never been accessible for most viticulturists. Because it’s expensive and complicated, only the largest producers with sizable budgets could afford its benefits – until now. Since its inception, Verdi has thrown open the door to a high quality, affordable, user-installed irrigation automation system for wine grape growers at all levels of production. Verdi allows irrigation to be managed on multiple properties manually, remotely, with schedules, and by utilizing farm sensors that notify the system when crops require additional water. It also alerts them when there are problems, so they always know if their watering systems are functioning properly. “We installed Verdi on a couple of our properties, which historically had been difficult to manage as far as irrigation and immediately I noticed just the labor cost savings overall.” — Stephanie Adamson, Irrigation Technician, Quails Gate Winery The Verdi system solves anot

Precision irrigation automation has never been accessible for most wine grape growers. Because it’s expensive and complicated, only the largest producers with sizeable budgets could afford its benefits – until now. Since its inception, Verdi, has thrown open the door to a high quality, affordable, user-installed irrigation automation system for wine grape growers at all levels of production. Verdi allows irrigation to be managed on multiple properties manually, remotely, with schedules and by having farm sensors tell the system when the crops need more water. It also tells them when there’s problems, so they always know if their watering systems are functioning properly. “Previously, we would spend up to four hours a day, turning on valves, turning on pumps, ensuring everything was working. Now, I can remotely plan out execute my whole day within fifteen or twenty minutes, which frees me up to do bigger and better things on our site.” — Mathew Fortu

Vineyard management has never been easy and crop variability is one persistent issue that has not been resolved. Having successfully proven the technology for multiple seasons with industry leaders like E&J Gallo, Arterra, and UC Davis, Verdi has distinguished itself as the first and only commercially available solution for variable rate irrigation in vineyards. Verdi has demonstrated significant ROI from its cutting-edge solution through higher yield and improved quality by eliminating crop variability due to soil type, elevation, vine maturity, and variety. According to Roman Kozak, CTO and co-founder of Verdi, the technology his company has developed is able to finetune water and fertilizer applications in a way not previously possible. “Within an existing irrigation zone, we are able to give more water to the vines that need it and less water to the vines that don’t need as much.” “We engineered this very low-cost hardware that connects to the drip tub