CropX integrates with Talgil irrigation systems
OurCrowd portfolio company CropX is integrating its agronomic farm management platform with precision irrigation controllers from Talgil, used by customers in over 80 countries.
The digital connection will allow CropX users to access and manage their Talgil controllers for remote irrigation applications.
“Integrating CropX's decision support system with Talgil Computing & Control irrigation control systems leads to precise and efficient use of water resources, cost savings and improved sustainability,” says Yosee Ochman, Deputy General Manager at Talgil.
“It empowers farmers with real-time data and predictive analytics to make informed decisions about when and how much to irrigate, optimizing crop yields and mitigating environmental impact.”
CropX connects data from the soil to the sky to provide advanced artificial intelligence-driven agronomic insights and advice on irrigation, disease control, nutrition, leaching and more through a mobile and desktop app.
From one digital platform, the CropX system advises when, where and how much to irrigate, and Talgil users can schedule that irrigation. As-applied irrigation data can then be imported into the CropX system for record keeping.
“Knowledge is power, and CropX makes that power even more potent when it can connect immediately with the irrigation system to put that knowledge into action, says Matan Rahav, Vice President of Business Development at CropX. “This is the latest connection in a broad strategy to connect machine data and activate it for the benefit of the grower.”
The world’s current food system is a key driver of climate change. Food and livestock production uses an estimated 70% of available fresh water and 50% of habitable land.
At the same time, demand for food is rising. If current trends continue, by 2050, caloric demand will increase by 70%, while demand for crops slated for human and animal consumption will at least double.
CropX’s main brief is to address wasted resources in agriculture. Its platform helps farmers produce more by allowing them to optimize resources and reduce costs. AI-driven technology uses advanced soil sensors coupled with satellite imagery to improve practices for more than 5,000 farmers around the world.
Using a dashboard that is accessible on mobile and desktop systems, CropX customers can track soil and crop health, and manage irrigation, fertilization and crop protection. Data is captured from thousands of global soil sensors, weather-related data and satellite imagery.
The information is relayed to a centralized platform running on AWS, which says the technology has demonstrated 50% water and 20% agrochemicals saving, with 20% yield increase for 100 crop types.
Data layers include soil and topography maps, weather data and forecasts, satellite imagery, hydraulic and crop models, user inputs, data from the irrigation system and controllers, and data from all agricultural equipment used.
These layers are sent together in the cloud to provide accurate insights and recommendations. Farmers can view the information without having to download raw or export data, though they can access raw data and graph views if they wish.
A major focus is extracting data from the soil and analyzing it in real time to optimize fertilization and irrigation. Recommendations on irrigation management are specific to each crop and growth stage. Nutrition-management alerts guard against the overuse of expensive and polluting nitrogen fertilizers.
An innovative disease-management capability recently added to the CropX platform identifies disease risks and recommends what to spray and when. This allows spraying to be more targeted, as well as less expensive and harmful to the environment.
The company’s technology integrates proprietary software and hardware, and CropX manufactures its own patented internet of things sensors.
CropX is currently funding on the OurCrowd platform.
