D & J Farm Management LLC

CASE STUDY

D & J Farm Management LLC is a farm management company based out of the Central Valley in California, in which they farm over 12,000 acres.

This specific project was overseen by D & J’s former Water Resource Manager, Mark Sherfy. The solution was to design a system that would allow full pump and valve control, soil probes to measure moisture levels, and a weather station to monitor temperature and humidity.

Crop Type: Almonds
Varieties: Nonpareil & Monterey
Area: Bakersfield, CA
Crop Age: 1st Leaf
Tree Spacing: 15’x22’
Irrigation System: 1 centrifugal pump, 1 VFD, 10 field valves, single-line drip & fan jets w/22psi thresholds
Irrigating based off of historical ETo data and soil profile in the orchard using telemetry

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Not only did D&J see a similar growth of 27-28mm between these two cases, the automated block in 2019 was irrigated with 13 inches less of water and accrued a total savings of one acre-foot.

CASE STUDY

D & J Farm Management LLC

D & J Farm Management LLC is a farm management company based out of the Central Valley in California, in which they farm over 12,000 acres.

Not only did D&J see a similar growth of 27-28mm between these two cases, the automated block in 2019 was irrigated with 13 inches less of water and accrued a total savings of one acre-foot.

1 acre-foot per acre x 80 acres = 26+ Million US Gallons