Deploying soil moisture sensors, irrigation flow meters and regular canopy imagery enabled one Yakima Valley winery to cut water use by a third across 300 acres. "Just the relatively rudimentary technologies we've deployed so far have reduced our water needs 30 to 35 percent," said Patrick Rawn, the vineyard operations manager at Two Mountain Winery in Zillah,Washington. "All of this is in service of growing grapes as efficiently as possible."
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