Treetoscope, a firm specializing in precision irrigation technology, has entered a multi year collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions, the provider of crop inputs and agricultural services. The partnership is focused on enhancing how farmers manage irrigation and crop performance by combining Treetoscope’s plant centric technology with Nutrien’s expansive agronomic expertise and digital service ecosystem. The objective of this collaboration is to provide growers with tools that reduce irrigation inefficiencies, enhance yields, and support more sustainable agricultural practices across varied geographies.
Bringing Plant Based Data to the Core of Irrigation Decisions
At the heart of this collaboration is Treetoscope’s plant based sensing system, which utilizes a micro scale, single probe sap flow sensor combined with proprietary AI models. Unlike conventional irrigation support tools that depend on soil moisture levels or atmospheric data, Treetoscope’s technology captures real time information from inside the plant itself. This provides a direct measurement of actual water uptake by the plant, enabling irrigation decisions to be made based on the crop’s real time physiological need rather than estimated demand.
This plant first data model is being integrated into Nutrien’s CropConnect platform, an agronomic service suite that supports farmers with digital tools and field based advisory solutions. Through this integration, farmers gain access to irrigation recommendations tailored down to the level of each farm block, providing a level of granularity that supports more responsive and efficient water use.
Richard Mead, Regional Agronomy Manager at Nutrien Ag Solutions, remarked on the alignment of goals between the two companies.
“At Nutrien, we’re committed to empowering farmers with tools that increase productivity while preserving natural resources. Treetoscope’s technology fits perfectly into our vision of offering growers more digitally enabled and more sustainable options. This collaboration strengthens our CropConnect platform and brings our growers closer to real time, science based decisions at the root of every plant.”
Scaling Access
As part of the partnership, thousands of Treetoscope sensors have already been deployed across key agricultural regions including the United States, Mexico, Spain, Israel and Turkey. These sensors are currently active in orchards and vineyards, providing field tested validation of the system’s performance. The collaboration with Nutrien is expected to extend this reach, enabling broader access to plant level data for growers across the Americas.
Dotan Eshet, CEO of Treetoscope, underscored the scope and ambition of the collaboration.
“Collaborating with Nutrien is a major milestone for Treetoscope and a win for growers worldwide. Combining our unique ability to measure actual water uptake from within the plant with Nutrien’s agronomic network and operational scale means farmers can access irrigation insights like never before, simple, powerful, and at their fingertips.”
Simplifying Irrigation Decisions Through Digital and On Farm Integration
One of the main aims of the partnership is to eliminate the guesswork in irrigation scheduling. Traditionally, farmers have had to rely on indirect indicators, such as soil moisture probes or climate data models, to determine how much water their crops might need. This often results in over or under irrigation, leading to wasted resources and suboptimal yields. By contrast, the combined offering from Treetoscope and Nutrien enables a more accurate, real time picture of water usage, allowing farmers to irrigate based on actual plant demand.
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“This collaboration gives growers the tools to make smarter, data driven irrigation decisions. By combining Nutrien’s strong local relationships with our plant based technology, we’re eliminating the guesswork and delivering meaningful results where it counts, inside the plant.”
Enabling Resilience and Resource Efficiency in Agriculture
This joint initiative also aligns with the broader challenges faced by global agriculture, such as increasing water scarcity, climate unpredictability and the need to optimize inputs. By shifting irrigation from assumption based models to ones grounded in physiological plant data, the collaboration seeks to create more resilient farming systems that can maintain productivity while conserving water.
The integrated service offering, combining Treetoscope’s sensing technology with Nutrien’s digital platform and agronomic field support, presents a streamlined experience for farmers. Whether accessed through digital dashboards or supported by on the ground agronomists, the tools are designed to be intuitive and actionable, ensuring that the benefits of advanced technology can be effectively realized at the farm level.
As this partnership progresses, both companies are positioned to expand the adoption of precision irrigation practices across multiple regions. With its focus on real time plant intelligence, the collaboration marks a shift toward data driven farming where irrigation is no longer an estimate but a science informed decision rooted in the physiological reality of each crop.