Nuts
Nuts, such as almonds, pistachios, walnuts, and hazelnuts, require efficient water management, fertilization, and input control to maximize productivity and quality. With VEGGA, manage your farm digitally, optimize irrigation and fertigation, and make quick decisions based on reliable data.
Featured Crops
Almond tree
Pistachio
Walnut
Hazelnut
Key Challenges Facing the Nut Industry
Optimize water use
to improve the productivity and quality of nuts.
Manage Fertilizers Effectively
by controlling the dosage and timing of application according to the phenological development of each crop.
Control of agricultural inputs
used on the farm to ensure uniformity and quality.
Anticipating climatical risks
such as frosts during flowering and fruit set, which can affect production.
How VEGGA Helps with Nuts
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Irrigation Control
Manage and monitor the data from your Agrónic controllers from anywhere. Save time and water, resolve incidences, and ensure your crops get exactly what they need.
– Manages fertigation precisely by programming and monitoring the irrigation system.
– It allows for the adjustment of water supply through irrigation pulses based on crop needs and the phenological stage.
– Access irrigation reports and historical data, along with audits that support decision-making and improve efficiency.
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Agroclimatic monitoring
Get real-time climate, crop, and soil data based on sensor readings and agroclimatic indices, and make more informed decisions for your farm.
– Understand how water and nutrients behave in the soil so you can make informed decisions about irrigation and fertilization.
– Monitors climatical conditions in real time, allowing you to anticipate frost or other adverse conditions and optimize treatments.
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Assisted irrigation
Precision-adjust and automate the irrigation of your crops using smart algorithms based on historical data, sensor readings, and weather forecasts—all without the need for daily monitoring.
– Predict the water requirements of your nut crop to improve yield stability, fruit size, and fruit filling.
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Irrigation Manager
Program and control your farms in a centralized and aggregated manner. Manage water and fertilizer orders while optimizing irrigation based on energy rates and your fertigation plan.
– Optimizes the use of water and fertilizers, improves fertilizer order management, and allows for bulk scheduling of irrigation units.
Benefits of managing nuts with VEGGA
Higher productivity and fruit quality
Optimal water management and fertilization improve seed size, weight, uniformity, and texture, as well as shelling yield and moisture content, thereby promoting better storage life.
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Optimization of nutritional parameters
Adjusting irrigation and nutrients according to the phenological stage optimizes fat, protein, fiber, mineral, and antioxidant content—parameters that consumers highly value in nuts.
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Intraplot uniformity and harvest planning
VEGGA ensures uniform ripening across trees and plots, preventing fruit from reaching different stages of development and reducing peeling issues by more accurately determining the optimal harvest time.
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Stress and Climate Risk Control
It helps predict frosts during flowering and fruit set, allowing frost protection systems to be activated when necessary and minimizing damage to flowers and fruit that would directly affect production.
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Integrated water and nutrient management
Using soil sensors, VEGGA provides insights into the behavior of water and nutrients in the soil profile, balances water application through irrigation pulses, and optimizes fertilizer movement and utilization.
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Operating Profitability
Control of key production and quality parameters allows for an optimal balance between yield and fruit quality, thereby increasing the efficiency and profitability of the entire operation.
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Recommended hardware
Soil water potential sensor
A matric potential sensor that allows for the assessment of actual water availability to the plant and the detection of water stress in crops. At VEGGA, this data helps optimize irrigation programming and complements soil moisture information for more precise water management.
Irrigation meter
An irrigation meter that monitors the volume of water applied and enables users to control water consumption, analyze irrigation pulses, and detect hydraulic anomalies. At VEGGA, this data is integrated with soil and climate sensors to optimize irrigation efficiency and decision-making.
Soil Moisture and EC Sensor
A soil moisture, EC, and temperature sensor that enables integrated monitoring of the water, salinity, and thermal conditions of the root zone. At VEGGA, this data helps optimize irrigation and fertigation, detect risks of salinization, and improve the efficiency of water and fertilizer use.
Pressure transducer
A pressure sensor that monitors water pressure in the irrigation system to ensure correct operation and uniform distribution on the VEGGA platform, detecting anomalies such as leaks, blockages, or drops in pressure, and ensuring the effectiveness of irrigation and frost protection systems.
Almond tree / 6,000 hectares
“Thanks to Riego Asistido, we have been able to automate irrigation management across thousands of hectares, ensuring efficient water use and saving our technical unit invaluable time. It’s a tool that makes all the difference. ”
