CropX Technologies announced recently the purchase of Tule Technologies, a California-based precision irrigation firm. With this acquisition, CropX Agronomic Farm Management System gains new data-capturing technology and extends its market in drip-irrigated specialty crops in California.

Based on above-ground crop sensing data and below-ground soil monitoring, the CropX system provides users with real-time mobile and desktop insights and guidance on irrigation, disease control, nutrition management, and more. Tule brings a complementary new mode of data collection from above the plant canopy that precisely determines crop water use, which will enhance CropX’s artificial intelligence predictions, recommendations, and automations, as well as add to its drip-irrigated specialty crop solutions such as tree nuts and vineyards.

“We are excited to welcome Tule to CropX, expanding our offerings to our customers to solve agronomic problems. With Tule’s canopy data incorporated into the CropX system, CropX is adding a new and powerful dimension to the world’s most complete precision irrigation solution,” said Tomer Tzach, CEO of CropX Technologies.

Tule workers will join CropX immediately, bringing extensive on-farm and client service knowledge in the specialty crop and drip irrigation space, as well as technical skills, to CropX’s growing global workforce.

“At Tule, we’ve admired CropX for their agronomic expertise, engineering excellence, and global ambition. We couldn’t be more thrilled to join the CropX team,” Dr. Tom Shapland, CEO of Tule Technologies mentioned.

The purchase comes at a time when agricultural precision irrigation technology is in high demand.

“The farming industry is at the front lines of global challenges to balance food security with water and other natural resources. We are committed to helping our customers manage water confidently and efficiently with technology. Tule’s unique tech and vast experience with California vineyards and orchards are a perfect fit,” Dr. John Gates, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Product at CropX, mentioned.

Tule’s acquisition by CropX’s is fourth such operation since 2020, and the company’s second one in the U.S. CropX acquired Nebraska-based CropMetrics in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020, New Zealand-based Regen in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020, and Netherlands-based Dacom Farm Intelligence in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021, adding expertise, technologies, customers, data, and expanding markets in each case.