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![Precision viticulture technology a key to producing premium quality wines in changing climate [part 2]](https://d32zuqhgcrpxli.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJlZS1maWxlcyIsImtleSI6ImZpbGVzLzExMTU3Mi9pbWFnZXMvMTExNTcyXzBfMjAyMDEwMDgxNDQ2MDMyODkxMTk4XzQwMC5wbmciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY29udGFpbiIsImJhY2tncm91bmQiOnsiciI6MjU1LCJnIjoyNTUsImIiOjI1NSwiYWxwaGEiOjF9LCJ3aWR0aCI6MjQwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjE0NX19fQ== "Precision viticulture technology a key to producing premium quality wines in changing climate [part 2]")
By using a decision support system for disease management – that can process environmental data, together with vineyard characteristics, and growers’ past activities – winegrowers get an alert on possible pest hazards on a particular vineyard area upfront, along with advice on how to handle the situation. ...
Grape growers everywhere are familiar with vineyard pests, especially pest birds. The most common vineyard problem birds are robins, starlings, finches, orioles, mockingbirds, and grackles. One study determined that a flock of 5,000 starlings can consume up to one ton of food over a 10-day period.i This kind of crop loss can cost grape growers and vineyard owners thousands of dollars a month. ...
Wines are made in the vineyard, which is especially true for premium quality wines. A study by Orley Ashenfelter from Princeton University revealed that the quality of the top Bordeaux vintages is predicted by the weather during the grape growing season. The price follows quality, and as every winegrower tends to maximize profits, it is crucial to work on producing premium quality wines while ...
Who is Bitwise Agronomy, and what do they do? Bitwise Agronomy, an emerging agritech company based in Tasmania, has just launched GreenView: a smart imaging and data-collection application that helps vineyard owners assess their vines' conditions and make crop management decisions at a touch of a button. By capturing imagery through a roving camera, GreenView turns a vineyard entire plot into ...
Paired together, the PSB shear beam load cell and the PT200MB digital indicator is a popular tank weighing system. The weigh system is commonly used in New Zealand vineyards for tanks holding grapes before the crushing process begins.The Load CellThe PSB is a robust high accuracy nickel plated tool steel shear beam load cell.Sealed to IP67, it’s ...
The resulting effluent has high levels of biological oxygen demand, a measurement of the organic matter and nutrients in a wastewater stream that can strain traditional municipal treatment plants. In 2009, Rombauer Vineyards installed an aerobic wastewater treatment system to tackle this wastewater stream. By 2017, this system was unable to ...
I meet 50 companies per year and have been interviewing hundreds of CEO’s for more than a decade. Their interests vary from vineyards to finance to technology and almost anything you can name, but the one thing they all have in common is that they articulate their company’s story better than anyone else. ...