February 2012 Newsletter

Mike Robinson

V.P. Sales mirobinson@microstrain.com

Rebecca Corneau

 Marketing Associate 

rmcorneau@microstrain.com

Phone: 802-862-6629

SensorCloud® Enables Condition Based Agriculture at Shelburne Vineyard 

Custom wireless environmental sensor at Shelburne Vineyard

The cultivation and harvesting of wine grapes is highly influenced by localized environmental conditions. These conditions are variable over short distances, making their monitoring both difficult and time consuming. Practices such as irrigation and spraying depend on the cumulative exposure of plants to a variety of elements. Without access to accurate, reliable field data, farmers risk the health of their crop and the effectiveness of their resources and labor.

MicroStrain worked with Shelburne Vineyard, a northern Vermont winery, to implement a wireless sensor solution. The solution enabled web-based, real-time monitoring of vineyard conditions across multiple locations. As a result, vineyard employees can remotely view and track simultaneous events.

Shelburne Vineyard wireless sensor data on SensorCloud

The deployed sensor network provided Shelburne Vineyard with means to create alerts to notify growers when significant environmental thresholds are met. Furthermore, the scalable network is capable of proactively monitoring all the vineyard's plant varieties and providing the necessary platform to enable condition based cultivation and harvesting.