Territorial network
In Gironde, some 600 stations already have been installed, of which 79 only from the winegrowers of the Médoc. Over the whole of New Aquitaine, 1. 600 stations now equip farmers and winegrowers. Such a territorial network allows winegrowers to use their neighbors’ sensors, professionals thus sharing information between them.
Sencrop’s sensors offer finer data than those offered by conventional weather applications. “Sensors are measuring instruments, whereas the solutions you find on apps are modeling instruments, which does not give the same precision,” explains Sencrop sales manager Nicolas Maupu. Our solution allows the winegrower to make good decisions on a daily basis in his plots, knowing that the weather is a key factor, and that it is really very local. In the same circle of a few kilometers there can be variations which change absolutely everything. “
The cost of the station in the range of 500 euros
In the Médoc, Château Blaignan has equipped its domain with 103 ha of a station Sencrop. The operations manager, Boris Diallo explains that it allows him “to have ultra-precise weather forecasts, as well as to keep a precise history of rainfall or wind” on his vineyard. “This will allow me to show what treatment I applied on such day, with such wind, which is important to show that I am complying with the regulations. “The operations manager believes, however, that” it is above all a decision-making tool to best position such processing. For example, this prevents me from treating too early in the day if there is too much humidity, that is to say at a time when the products may not adhere and be washed out. »The cost of the station is of the order of 500 euros, to which must be added a subscription that varies between 20 euros and 310 euros per year.
Responsible for Nouvelle-Aquitaine at Sencrop, Damien Philipon specifies that the start-up “equips wine growers directly, or from wine groups, which will link up a territory and share all the information ”with their members.