Gro Guru
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Real-time precision soil and irrigation monitoring systems that provide growers with irrigation recommendations, improve crop yields and save money. We are a San Diego based company focused on injecting science into the art of growing plants.
Gro Guru
2y ago
Efficient use of water in commercial agriculture applications enabled by the GroGuru solution keeps fertilizer in the root zone of the crop, reducing Nitrate usage and leaching into the groundwater, and providing improved management capabilities for sustainable farming Executive Summary
Efficient use of water and fertilizer is good for the environment, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, reduces nitrates in the groundwater, and improves sustainable farming practices
Active management of root growth in annual field crops and year around soil monitoring improves efficient use of ferti ..read more
Gro Guru
2y ago
Transcript:
James: Hello, I’m James Preston for Kalkine Media and welcome to another edition of Executive Corner Expert Talks. In this edition, I’ll be sitting down with Patrick Henry, the CEO of GroGuru, a company focused on assisting farmers through modern technology. Patrick, it’s great to have you here with us today.
Patrick: Thanks for having me on the show, James.
James: It’s an absolute pleasure. Patrick, take us through GroGuru. What exactly is it that your company does?
Patrick: GroGuru is all about strategic water management for commercial farmers. We help farmers ..read more
Gro Guru
4y ago
GroGuru Interview with Nich Kenny and Patrick Henry
Patrick: This is Patrick Henry, the CEO of GroGuru. I’m talking today with Nich Kenny. I’ve known Nich for a couple of years now. He is the Owner and Agriculture Consultant at NPK Ag. Nich is a Registered Professional Engineer with a broad agriculture background.
He’s worked with a number of our customers. He’s done on-site crop production, agronomy, water resource, energy, environmental design, project management, and on-farm research. His specific professional expertise includes center pivot irrigation system ..read more
Gro Guru
4y ago
How does the GroGuru solution work to help farmers see how plants drink? In a few ways! In this interview clip with Patrick Henry, CEO and our Chief Agronomist, David Sloane, they discuss in deeper detail how the GroGuru underground system works for farmers. Watch the clip here:
Patrick: Tell me more about what you mean by how
plants drink.
David: You can watch the plants drink in the
soil moisture trend. During the day, they take moisture out of the soil. At
night, they rest. There is a stair-stepping in the data. I’ll tell you a story
about watching plants drink. A guy in ..read more
Gro Guru
4y ago
How does the GroGuru solution use AI to improve results seen by farmers? In a few ways! In this interview clip with Patrick Henry, CEO and our Chief Agronomist, David Sloane, they discuss the various tech specifics of how the GroGuru underground system works in regards to AI. Watch the clip here:
Patrick: GroGuru doesn’t just do soil moisture,
temperature sensing, and soil salinity sensing. We have our telemetry. We send
that up to the cloud. We add other information like weather forecast, soil
type, crop templates. Talk to me about the benefits of doing that from a
strategic irriga ..read more
Gro Guru
4y ago
How is the GroGuru solution complementary with satellite imagery and aerial photography? In a few ways! In this interview clip with Patrick Henry, CEO and our Chief Agronomist, David Sloane, they discuss the various tech specifics of how the GroGuru underground system works with satellite imagery. Watch the clip here:
Patrick: Let’s shift gears and talk about aerial
photography and satellite imagery. There is NDBI and magnetic resonance
technology. There are different kinds of ground-penetrating radar technologies.
Can you talk about what those technologies do and compare and contra ..read more
Gro Guru
5y ago
The legalization of industrial hemp in the
United States has opened the door for farmers to grow a crop that hasn’t been
seen legally in this country for nearly a century. While it’s true that hemp is
a robust crop, as a grower, you want to produce the best crop possible. GroGuru
provides solutions to the industrial hemp industry to ensure crops grow to
their fullest potential.
What We
Do
It can be very
time-consuming tracking the status of an entire crop. It’s often a wait-and-see
game to determine which areas grow better and which may need more attention.
GroGuru’s desktop software and ..read more
Gro Guru
5y ago
At GroGuru, we are laser focused on bringing farmers the knowledge and technology that they need to save water, fertilizer and overall, money each year! While many people in the world are not large-scale farmers and probably will never have a use for our solution, you can still do your part to help save the planet by doing these 25 things to save water in your own home! How many of them have you done or are doing currently? Comment below! We’d love to hear from you!
(This list is originally posted on https://www.volusia.org/services/growth-and-resource-management/environmental-management/na ..read more
Gro Guru
5y ago
What are the improvements that farmers see with GroGuru’s soil sensor solution? There are quite a few! In this interview clip with Patrick Henry, CEO and our Chief Agronomist, David Sloane, they discuss the various improvements and how the GroGuru underground system helps farmers. Watch the clip here:
Patrick: Let’s take an example, a crop like corn. Is the average growth cycle about 160 days?
David: Yes.
Patrick: If I were using an annual install and removal type of procedure, I am missing the first few weeks of the cycle. I’m missing the last few weeks of the cycle. That could b ..read more
Gro Guru
5y ago
What are the benefits of the having data from your field 12-months of the year? In this interview clip with Patrick Henry, CEO and our Chief Agronomist, David Sloane, they discuss the various benefits of having consistent data, and how the GroGuru underground system helps farmers improve their yield and make more money. Watch the clip here:
Patrick: Tell me more about the benefits of having the 12 months of data and the beginning-of-season data compared to only having it while the crops are in the ground.
David: I’ll give you an example. In the Texas Panhandle, they have an 18-inch a ..read more