Data-Driven Pump Automation
Integrated with Block-Level Irrigation Data for Safety, Reliability and Optimal Pump-to-Plant Performance
Today we're announcing the launch of Data-Driven Pump Automation, a powerful new integration with our smart valve platform.
Select growers on the North and Central Coasts are already using Lumo pump automation to fully automate irrigations from pump to plant on ranches ranging from 60 to 1,300 acres. With block-level irrigation data, advanced safety checks, and verified performance, growers are able to save time and achieve precision across a wider range of irrigation systems and setups than ever before.
Growers are using our system to schedule irrigations overnight and at off-peak times, without relying on overtime labor or pulling folks away from harvest. Real-time flow and pressure data from our smart valves provides the feedback necessary to dial in precision, optimize which blocks to run at the same time, and minimize damage from dry runs and pressure spikes.
Pump automation is critical to executing irrigations with high performance and precision across a wide range of ranches.
Once you can control the pump, you can automate irrigations end to end whenever you want. Off-peak or overnight. Cycling on and off throughout the day. All without worrying about who’s on site.
With a tight labor market, soft demand, and scarce water resources, growers are continuing to look for solutions that can help drive labor efficiency and eliminate wasted water, while improving yield and quality markers. Pump automation helps address these challenges head on, reducing trips to the field to turn pumps on and off, catching issues before they cause costly damage to crops and critical infrastructure, and ensuring water gets delivered in exact volumes with ideal timing.
“We successfully automated almost every irrigation set last season on 60 acres of the ranch,” said Andrew Oliver, Vineyard Manager at Antinori, one of the first sites to implement Lumo’s pump automation product. “Running the pump at night freed up irrigator hours during the day. For the first time, I can say that these blocks were sufficiently irrigated, and last year’s canopy and crop proved that.”
“Lumo’s pump automation is an absolute game changer for our team,” agreed Hunter Emch, Northern Unit Area Manager at Redwood Empire Vineyard Management. “We're saving a ton of time by managing everything virtually. We can now run irrigations overnight, avoid peak times, and confidently move water exactly when and where it's needed without having to juggle labor or worry about infrastructure risks.”
Lumo’s precision irrigation smart valves have already been deployed at over 150 ranches in Napa, Sonoma, the Central Coast, the Okanagan Valley and Washington State, helping growers irrigate with greater operational efficiency and achieve block-level precision. Safe and reliable pump automation was the logical next step to continue to drive higher levels of performance, precision, and ultimately, profitability.
If you’re looking to remotely control your pump and automate your irrigation scheduling and execution from end to end, check out Lumo Pump Automation to book a demo.
