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How a Vineyard Cut Water Use by 60 Percent with Sensor Operations
Episode 134 of The Operations Podcast explores how a family-run vineyard in California's Central Valley slashed water consumption by 60 percent without sacrificing yield. Lucas and Luna walk through the operational overhaul: deploying soil moisture sensors at three depths per root zone, building a custom irrigation algorithm that accounts for evapotranspiration and soil type, and training pickers to spot leaf-stress patterns as a human check on the data. The episode zooms in on a single August day in 2025 when a heat spike triggered automated drip cutbacks across 200 acres — saving 1.2…
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