Orbia Netafim launched the GrowSphere Flex smart irrigation and fertigation controller that brings cloud control and crop agronomic intelligence to small- and mid-size farms. Flex enables farmers to continuously optimize irrigation with a portfolio approach tailored to different farm sizes and levels of complexity.
“Innovation in digital farming cannot stop at large-scale agriculture,” said Gaby Miodownik, president of Orbia Precision Agriculture. “With FLEX, we are bringing Agriculture 4.0 within reach for farms of different sizes, needs, and stages of digital adoption. It reflects Orbia Netafirm’s commitment to expanding access to smart irrigation and fertigation, giving more farmers practical tools to manage their operations with greater clarity, control, and confidence.”
Irrigation Automation
Built-in cellular connectivity and flexible configurations help make irrigation automation easier to adopt and scale across different crops, field layouts, and farm needs. GrowSphere Workspace provides continuous real-time monitoring, so growers can remotely manage irrigation and fertigation, monitor field and system performance with sensors, reports, and alerts, and use cloud-based insights to make more timely operational decisions. Secure remote access allows users to monitor and manage the irrigation system anytime and anywhere.
Modular system design provides flexible configurations and scalability. Single units and complex multi-device systems can be managed.
Crop Advisor adds crop-stage recommendations, supporting more informed decisions as part of a right-sized solution tailored to smaller and mid-scale farming operations. Sensors capture real-time data about the water status of the crop and field, while data feeds from local weather forecasts complete the picture. Crop Advisor adapts its calculations based on the status of the irrigation system and modifies calculations based on the crop’s growth stage.
Applications
Flex is built for diverse crops and it can be used across open fields, orchards, vineyards, citrus, greenhouses, and nurseries, supporting soil-based systems and operating in challenging hydraulic conditions. Suitable crops include alfalfa, apples, avocados, blueberries, citrus, greenhouse tomatoes, onions, sugarcane, processing tomatoes, and wine grapes.
Flex is being introduced through a phased global rollout.
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