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The 2021 Irrigation Show and Education Week featured some of today’s most exciting irrigation technology startup companies in its Innovation Row section of the trade show. Irrigation Today caught up with these companies to learn more about them and their new technology innovations.


Altrac www.altrac.io


Atrac manufactures cellular control devices for agricultural irrigation equipment such as pumps, valves, and related pressure or flow meters. Its controllers enable the user to schedule or remotely monitor equipment from their phone. This year the company was acquired by Semios, a precision agriculture service provider of real-time crop data and pest management tools.


The Semios platform has a large footprint in California’s almond industry, which is very sensitive to water efficiency. We are integrating our control devices with the


Semios water balance and canopy ET software to modify irrigation schedules based on changing field conditions.” – Neil Schultz, Altrac co-founder


Altrac pump controller devices provide remote scheduling and monitoring.


Moleaer www.moleaer.com


Moleaer develops industrial-scale nanobubble technology that delivers improvements in chemical-free water treatment for sustainable crop production and lake management. Nanobubble technology improves water quality and clarity, increases dissolved oxygen, combats algae and acts as a chemical-free oxidant to prevent and remove biofilm from irrigation systems.


Nanobubbles are an innovative and sustainable irrigation technology fueling healthier plant growth through unparalleled oxygenation, pathogen control


and improved root development. An oxygen-enriched root zone improves root mass, increases uptake of key nutrients like calcium and potassium, and helps suppress pathogenic growth.” – Nick Dyner, Moleaer CEO


Moleaer’s Neo 50 nanobubble generator is installed to optimize irrigation water quality by increasing dissolved oxygen levels.


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