Information in support of irrigation management.
An information service for irrigation decisions
Irristrat™ is the Hidrosoph service that provides relevant information for irrigation decisions focused on productivity, quality and efficiency. It brings together data from the farm and, in the levels that include planning, produces irrigation plans under technical supervision. Coverage, capabilities and support are defined according to the goals and the level contracted.
We have been developing it since 2009, based on work in the field, and we use it every day to support our clients. It is available in Portuguese, English, Spanish, French and Italian.
It works for a small farm as well as for a company with several estates and many users, each with access to what concerns them.
Service levels
| Service | BasicMonitoring and information. | PlusAdds an irrigation plan and remote technical support. | TotalAdds more precise adjustment and an end-of-season report. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring and information | Included | Included | Included |
| Irrigation plan | Not included | Included | Included |
| Remote technical support | Not included | Included | Included |
| More precise plan adjustment | Not applicable | Not applicable | Included |
| End-of-season report¹ | Not applicable | Not applicable | Included |
¹ The evaluation of the service goals applies to all levels; Total includes an end-of-season report.
The solution is defined according to the goals, the farm and the information available. Coverage, equipment and service conditions are set out in the proposal.
Ask us to scope the solutionMonitoring and equipment
Soil, plant, weather and irrigation monitoring is defined for each farm, together with the service level. See the equipment, installation and maintenance we provide.
See equipment and services →What Irristrat does
Pieces that work together, on the computer and on the phone.
Climate and forecast
Your own weather stations or public networks, calculated evapotranspiration and the local weather forecast.
Soil and plant
Soil moisture probes and dendrometers, with charts showing how water reaches the roots and how the plant responds.
Irrigation plan — available in Plus and Total
Plans for each field, recalculated every day.
Records and reports
Applied irrigation comes in from the meters and is recorded in charts and reports; in the Plus and Total levels, side by side with what was planned.
Alerts
Notifications when a device stops reporting or when rain is forecast.
Satellite images
Vegetation indices, such as NDVI, to see the differences within each field.
How the irrigation plan is built
In the Plus and Total levels, the plan is not a fixed table: it is recalculated every day with what is happening in each field.
Characterise
Each field is described by its crop and growth stages, by its soil, layer by layer, and by its irrigation system and efficiency.
Run the water balance
Every day, with crop evapotranspiration, effective rainfall, irrigation applied and probe readings.
Plan with the forecast
The plan for the coming days takes the weather forecast into account and comes in the units of your system: minutes or hours, mm, m³/ha or litres per plant.
Compare and adjust
Recorded irrigation and field readings correct the balance, and what was planned is always compared with what was done.
| Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow | +2 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field A · Olives, drip (min) | ||||
| Planned | 90 | 75 | 75 | 60 |
| Applied | 85 | — | — | — |
| Field B · Maize, pivot (mm) | ||||
| Planned | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Applied | 6 | — | — | — |
| Field C · Pears, drip (L/plant) | ||||
| Planned | 32 | 30 | 28 | 28 |
| Applied | 32 | — | — | — |
The crops we work with
Irristrat™ works with the stages of each crop, adjusted to each farm. These are the crops we support today.
Fruit and tree crops
- Olives
- Citrus
- Avocado
- Almonds
- Vines (wine and table grapes)
- Kiwi
- Apple and pear
- Peach, plum and cherry
- Pistachio and walnut
- Persimmon and pomegranate
Vegetables
- Tomato
- Lettuce
- Broccoli and other brassicas
- Watermelon and melon
- Pepper
- Onion and garlic
- Potato
Arable and forage crops
- Maize
- Barley, wheat and other cereals
- Sorghum
- Sunflower
- Pulses
- Pasture and alfalfa
Berries
- Blueberry
- Strawberry
- Raspberry
Other
- Turf for gardens and golf
- Cork oak and eucalyptus
- Aromatic plants
Works with what you already have
Irristrat™ automatically receives data from the equipment already in the field and from public sources, with no manual copying.
Stations, probes and flow meters
- YDOC
- Pessl Instruments (iMETOS)
- Sentek
- Davis Instruments
- Agronic
- i-Leaf
Public weather networks
- IPMA
- COTR
- IFAPA (Andalusia)
- Redarex (Extremadura)
- IVIA (Valencia)
- InfoRiego (Castile and León)
- SIAM (Murcia)
- INIA Agromet (Chile)
Forecast and satellite
- Local weather forecast
- Sentinel-2
- Planet
In the field, on your phone
The Irristrat app, for iPhone, iPad and Android, takes to the field the recorded irrigation, the charts from probes, dendrometers, meters and stations and, in the Plus and Total levels, the week's irrigation plan.
It also has the weather forecast, satellite images, alerts and field notes with photos and location, which can be recorded even without signal and are sent once there is a connection.
With the Hidrovolution™ methodology
Irristrat™ is the tool of our methodology: our team sets it up for your farm, follows the season with the support included in the service level and helps evaluate the result.
Discover the methodology →Shall we talk about your irrigation?
Write to us or call one of our offices in Évora, Lisbon or Madrid.