FarmHQ Raises $4.2M Seed Round Led by Lowercarbon Capital
Lowercarbon Capital leads a $4.2M seed investment in FarmHQ to expand irrigation control hardware to dryland farming regions across the Western US...
How to Actually Read Soil Moisture Data Without a Degree in Soil Science
Soil moisture readings are only useful if you know what number to act on. Here's how irrigators in the Columbia Basin are using the data to stop over-watering...
Remote Control for Center Pivots vs. Drip Systems: What's Different
Pivots and drip zones have different failure modes and different alert logic. Here's how FarmHQ handles each — and what to watch for when mixing both on one property...
Dry-Run Protection: How a $300 Current Clamp Saves a $12,000 Pump
A pump running dry draws lower current than a pump under normal load. If you know what current to watch for, you can shut the pump off before the impeller damages itself...
Cat-M1 vs NB-IoT: Which Cellular Standard Actually Works in a Farm Field
Both standards are promoted for IoT, but they behave differently at the edge of coverage. Here's what we found in 18 months of field deployments across Oregon and Idaho...
Irrigation Scheduling That Doesn't Require a Degree in ET Calculations
Evapotranspiration models are accurate but hard to apply. Most irrigators get better results from a simple soil moisture target with a fixed check interval. Here's the approach...
Oregon Water District Reporting: What You're Required to Submit and How FarmHQ Helps
Water right holders in Oregon must report annual diversions to OWRD. FarmHQ's pump-hour logs can map directly to acre-inch estimates — here's the methodology we use...
Managing Irrigation Across 5 Separate Properties From One Phone
A grower in the Yakima Valley runs 5 leased properties across 3 counties. This is how he reduced his field-check driving by 70% after deploying FarmHQ across all sites...
Connecting FarmHQ to a Variable Frequency Drive: The Two Wiring Approaches That Work
VFDs have a run-enable input that behaves differently from a direct motor starter. Here's how to wire the FarmHQ relay to a VFD safely — with and without a bypass switch...
Surviving a Heat Dome: Irrigation Decisions When the Forecast Hits 110°F
The 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome killed crops across 3 counties in two days. Here's what the data shows about irrigation frequency during extreme heat events and how to pre-position your schedules...
Why Most Pump Failures Happen Overnight — and What Alerts Actually Catch Them
Power fluctuations and pressure drops cluster between midnight and 4 AM when grid demand is lowest. Here's what our alert data shows about when to set your monitoring windows...
Precision Irrigation Isn't About Technology — It's About Knowing When to Stop Running the Pump
Most over-irrigation happens because nobody is watching. The fix isn't a smarter algorithm — it's knowing the soil moisture number that means stop, and getting an alert when you hit it...