These examples from WIN's client portfolio provide an overview of the comprehensive programs, customized integrations and other unique solutions we build.
BC – Agri-Environment Services Branch
Alley cropping valve control
- Irrigation research project in Kamloops, adjacent to Thompson River
- Automated solenoid valve operation with A724 AddSwitch, controlling applied water
- Flow, pressure and weather monitored
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AB – Bayer CropScience Canada
Research farm monitoring
- Weather monitoring – benchmark information used with analysis
- Broad application for a variety of product trials and verification
- Data used in computer simulations to advise clients on application timings
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SK – Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation
Crop insurance weather monitoring
- WIN provides weather monitoring, data quality assurance and control services
- Network of 131 stations on locations throughout the province
- Data includes temperature, rainfall and relative humidity
- Dual rain gauge concept pioneered by WIN
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MB – WM Ventures
Integrated watershed monitoring
- Irrigated potato farm in Treherne
- Comprehensive infrastructure program manages pivot direction & movement via digital compass
- Monitoring includes weather, soil moisture monitoring, pump status and flow and pressure of lines
News Articles:
High-tech in the Manitoba potato patch
Manitoba grower shares experience with remote irrigation monitoring system
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MB – Manitoba Agriculture, Food & Rural Initiatives
Customized crop sector website (potatoes)
www.mbpotatoes.ca
- WIN maintains weather network of stations on contract
- Value-added website launched for 2011 season for potato growers within southern Manitoba
- Collaboration with MAFRI and Keystone Potato Producers Association
- Site-specific data includes disease severity values, P-days and crop water demand
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ON - Grape Growers of Ontario
Customized crop sector website (vines)
www.vineandtreefruitinnovations.com
- Complete turnkey package - information service for fruit farmers in SW Ontario since 2003
- Site-specific data includes disease pressure, growing degree day, evapotranspiration, weather forecasts and historical data
- Partners include Grape Growers of Ontario, OMAFRA and Ontario Tender Fruit Producers
- Disease advisories – interactive maps and tools
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ON – Bayer CropScience Canada
Partner-sponsored weather program
www.weathercentral.ca
- information service website providing access to decision support systems
- users can view some data without a login, receive site-specific profiles and reporting after a complimentary subscription, or become a paid Bayer Weather Partner
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ON – Leamington Area Drip Irrigators Inc
Pipeline monitoring and control
- Data-gathering tool to complete documentation requirement for "Great Lakes Charter…"
- A724 AddSwitch controls valves throughout 34-km irrigation pipeline
- Highly customized and integrated with PLC
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MI/ON - Sugarbeet Industry Program
Customized crop sector website (sugarbeets)
www.michiganbeets.com
- Weather monitoring and analysis
- Growers in ON and MI can access WIN disease forecast via website
- Field-specific calculations, interpolations and advisories
News Articles:
Syngenta Sponsors Michigan Sugar Website, Continues Investment in Industry
Information company moves beyond weather forecasts
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