“We successfully automated almost every irrigation set last season,” said Andrew Oliver, Vineyard Manager at Antinori.

“Lumo’s pump automation is an absolute game changer for our team,” agreed Hunter Emch, Northern Unit Area Manager at Redwood Empire Vineyard Management.

REVM and Antinori are two early users of Lumo’s Pump Automation product, a powerful new integration with its smart valve platform that automates irrigation scheduling and execution from end to end.

The solution has already been deployed at ranches ranging in size from 60 to 1,300 acres.

Real-time, block-level flow and pressure data from Lumo smart valves is used to verify performance, dial in precision, and keep critical infrastructure safe.

Over 150 ranches in Napa, Sonoma, the Central Coast, the Okanagan Valley and Washington State are already using Lumo’s precision irrigation system to close their execution gap, increase operational efficiency, and irrigate to plan. In July alone, Lumo’s system delivered over 150 million gallons of water with block-level precision.

Pump Automation has been the top requested feature from growers because it allows them to run their irrigation schedules at any time of the day or night without anyone on site, saving time, money and water.

Building it on top of the block-level visibility that smart valves provide allows for automated safety checks to prevent damage from dry runs or pressure spikes, and for next-level optimization, fine-tuning schedules and maximizing pump efficiency.

“Pump automation is critical to executing irrigations with high performance and precision across a wide range of ranches,” confirms Devon Wright, Lumo’s CEO. “Once you can control the pump, you can automate irrigations end to end whenever you want. Off-peak or overnight. Cycling on and off throughout the day. All without worrying about who’s on site.”

Lumo is quickly becoming the new standard for vineyard irrigation automation, improving profitability for growers through a mix of stronger yields and higher quality markers, lower costs on energy and labor, and protecting equipment and land from catastrophic events.

Michael Busselen, the Owner of Woodhawk Vineyards, said, “Lumo has been the linchpin in the re-engineering of our approach to water management.”

“We really appreciate the partnership with Lumo and the visibility their system provides. Having block-level flow data has allowed us to uncover inefficiencies we wouldn’t have otherwise caught and move toward volume-based irrigation. That shift is helping us fine-tune applications, reduce pumping costs, and improve overall water use efficiency across the vineyard,” said Hannah Lindner, the Viticulture Manager at Wente Vineyards.

Lumo developed pump automation at a rapid pace because the pull from the market has been overwhelming.

This kind of positive feedback from the growing community about an irrigation automation solution is uncommon and hard earned. The results speak for themselves.

REVM has now expanded their use of Lumo across over 25 ranches. They’re catching leaks earlier, running irrigations overnight and at off-peak times to cut their clients’ energy bill, and saving a ton of time driving around and coordinating logistics.

At Antinori, Andrew and his team were able to increase yields on their cab blocks by a ½ ton per acre last season. Their young vines are getting established faster with more frequent and longer lasting irrigations. They’ve improved water efficiency and distribution uniformity by catching low pressure issues and optimizing which blocks they irrigate together. And they were able to forgo a million dollar investment in a bigger pump and higher pressure mainline by doubling their pumping hours with automation and overnight irrigations.

Growers from Jackson Family Wines, Trinchero, Clos du Val, Pine Ridge, Treasury Wine Estates, Delicato, Silver Oak and Shafer would tell you similar stories—Lumo is driving tangible cost savings and improvements in irrigation performance and precision across the board.

With its pump automation product, it can now bring those benefits to every vineyard in Napa, Sonoma and beyond, regardless of your current irrigation infrastructure set up. You don’t even need a VFD.

If you’re looking to put your pump on autopilot and automate your irrigation scheduling and execution from end to end, check out Lumo.ag/pump-automation to book a demo today.