Rain Bird

Rain Bird Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services. From simple beginnings in 1933, Rain Bird now offers the industry’s broadest range of irrigation products for homes, golf courses, sports arenas, commercial developments, universities, parks and farms, available in more than 130 countries. Rain Bird has been awarded hundreds of patents, including the first in 1935 for the impact sprinkler. Rain Bird’s philosophy called The Intelligent Use of Water™ is about using water wisely. Its commitment extends beyond products to education, training and services for the industry and the community. Rain Bird maintains state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities around the world.

RAIN BIRD® ClimateMinderTM System | Monitoring & Control Solution

The Rain Bird ClimateMinderTM system is a revolutionary monitoring and control solution for agriculture. Its patented mobile network technology sends key data from the field right to your fingertips – via your mobile phone, computer and/or control systems.

CLIMATEMINDER FEATURES AND BENEFITS

ClimateMinderTM Lets You
• Monitor your field and crop growing conditions in real-time
• Control your irrigation pump, valves and fertilizer injectors from your phone, computer or tablet • Get notified immediately when conditions change in the field
• Receive and send daily or weekly reports of your field conditions

ClimateMinderTM Helps You
• Increase crop yield and quality
• Reduce water, fertilizer and chemical applications costs • Respond to frost and other climate conditions instantly

PRODUCTS & SERVICES | Soil Moisture Monitoring

• Multi-sensor Profile Probes • EC & Soil Temperature
• Tensiometers
• Water Potential Sensors
• Water Flow, Pressure Switch & Transducer

Weather Monitoring

• Temperature & Relative Humidity
• Rainfall
• Solar Radiation & Quantum
• Wind Speed & Direction
• ET
• Growing Degree Days
• Heat & Chill Hours
• Disease Models
• Pest Models
• Leaf Wetness

SUCCESS STORIES

“By closely monitoring the soil moisture trends through the profile on our iPads and mobile phones, we were able to extend our irrigation cycle from every 7-9 days to every 12-15 days. This helped us save around 30% to 40% on water. ” — Larry Peltzer, LRP Orange Co., Visalia, CA

“When you deficit irrigate, you can get more even drying across the orchard and nuts start to crack more uniformly. But if you stress a little too much, you start to hurt the kernel size. It is a very fine balance. To manage this well, you need precise tools like the ClimateMinder system. We religiously follow our soil moisture data versus the management boundaries we set. We do ground truthing and verify the data with pressure bomb to make sure we are following the right thresholds. We are very confident with our ClimateMinder system and the soil moisture readings collected. As a result, we are more efficient with our water application” – Bob Vierra, Vierra Brothers Co., Maxwell, CA