It’s generally believed that farmers are slow to adopt new technology. Yet, while this adage may be true for more expensive and untested innovations, when a new technology is practical, affordable and...
By Laurie Wachter
In an era of water scarcity, new water use monitoring requirements and labor shortages, automated irrigation has become a must, particularly in California’s drought-prone Wine Country.
Existing...
HotSpot AG founder James Nichols lived the daily challenges of farming when he returned home to Hanford after his UC Davis graduation. His family tasked him with implementing a water budget for irrigating...
Winegrowers are drilling down to create optimal soil and circumstances.
By Kathleen Willcox
Winemaking has always been a marriage — or, at times, a compromise — between art and science. In recent...
Lumo, the California-based smart irrigation company launched by CEO and Founder Devon Wright and his team just two years ago, knew it had something to offer winegrowers in terms of revolutionizing the...
Napa County, Calif., May 14, 2024 – Lumo, a connected irrigation company that helps growers save time, money, and water with patented smart-valve technology, has raised a $7 million funding round...
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...
The definition of a disruptive company is one that causes “radical change in an existing industry or market through being innovative.” (Oxford Languages).
This is exactly what Lumo, a California-based,...
Lumo hasn’t been around all that long.
In fact, the California-based, smart irrigation company was first launched by CEO and Founder Devon Wright and his team just two years ago.
But within that very short...
The definition of a disruptive company is one that causes “radical change in an existing industry or market through being innovative.” (Oxford Languages).
This is exactly what Lumo, a California-based,...
