Event Type: Webinar

Date: 4/22/2026

Learn how NEWA's hyper-localized modeling, paired with HOBO weather stations, helps growers use the optimal pest management and disease countermeasures. Jon Clements, Extension Fruit Team Leader at UMASS Amherst presents the models and tools that NEWA has developed to help growers with insect pest...

Adding automated irrigation to the farm can seem overwhelming. When tasks have always been completed manually (or previous attempts at automation have failed), bringing automation to the table will be uncomfortable and might even feel scary. Yet, you know that with the increasing costs of labor and...

Two years ago, I wrote an article on AI in the vineyard for WBM. Feel free to read that article here…if you want. Otherwise, my basic argument was that although AI will eventually play a role in how we farm grapes, it’s a long way off compared to other industries and even other crops. We who grow...

Bloom signals more than color in the field. It marks the transition into one of the most critical irrigation periods of the year. As crops move from dormancy into active growth, water demand begins to shift quickly. Root systems wake up. Canopies expand. Evapotranspiration increases. What worked...

Harvest has wrapped. It's raining. And the only thing on your calendar is that pesky meeting to finalize your budget for next year. Here are some things Advanced Viticulture can help you out with: Soil moisture probes: see how deeply irrigations percolate and how quickly water gets depleted....

Vineyards communicate long before the fruit shows any stress. Subtle shifts in canopy color, changes in shoot vigor, and even small variations in soil texture can reveal how each block is responding to the season. For growers, the challenge is catching those signals early enough to act with...

HOBO Data Loggers receives “Crop Monitoring Solution of the Year” in 2025 AgTech Breakthrough Awards Program for the HOBOnet Wireless Sensor Network Annual awards program recognizes innovation in agricultural & food technologies around the globe BOURNE, Mass., – HOBO Data Loggers, a LI-COR®...

Ranch Systems, a California-based leader in agricultural and environmental monitoring, continues to advance connected solutions for vineyard operations. From weather and irrigation control to soil and water data collection, Ranch Systems’ technology helps growers turn field conditions into...

Vineyard owners and grape growers lie awake at night trying to map a path to the future through today’s volatile market. Worries that run through their minds include the overflowing bulk market that is cancelling contracts and lowering grape prices, and the higher pay rates and immigration raids...

For over 20 years Ranch Systems has been an innovative leader in data logging and telemetry. Our telemetry systems use a combination of Cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® BLE with Long-Range Mode to create powerful monitoring and control systems. Our primary uses are in agriculture and...