Irrigation management allows you to achieve water and energy savings of 20 to 70% and qualitative and quantitative control of production.
The same data are the basis of environmental certifications and for the control of the quality and quantity of production. They are also increasingly being used for marketing purposes to communicate the low environmental impact of conscious agriculture’s crops.
To this end, iMetos by Pessl Instruments provides a wide range of sensors for measuring soil moisture: prophylactic probes and fork sensors for measuring volumetric water content (VWC), tensiometric sensors for measuring soil water potential (tension or suction).
The ability to choose different technologies and different sensors and, if you want, to combine them, allows you to configure the best solution of monitoring soil moisture according to the characteristics of the crops, the soil itself, the type of irrigation system and the type of processing and arrangement of the soil. Specific solutions are available for potted plants and soilless applications.
Some of these sensors can measure soil temperature and electrical conductivity (EC) of soil volume or volumetric ion content (VIC), which is particularly useful in fertigation management.
The customer has access to real-time data through a dedicated web portal and a Smartphone App
Advantages
• WATER SAVING (reduction and better modulation of irrigation interventions)
• BETTER HARVEST (safeguarding the quantity of production and better quality)
• FERTILIZER SAVINGS (reduction of the nutrient leaching effect, optimization of the use of fertilizer with fertigation)
• PLANT HEALTH (reduction of the impact of phytopathological adversities, possibility of stimulating the development of the root system, protection from frosts)
• SAFETY (real-time alert in case of critical events such as deficit stress or excess water, alert in case of irrigation system failures and possible automatic problem solving, complete traceability of operations)
• ENERGY SAVING (electricity consumption to activate pumps, valves, etc.)
• TIME SAVING (automation and rationalization of business operations)
For these equipment, it is possible to benefit from the tax credit for investments in capital goods “industry 4.0” / “agriculture 4.0”
