FarmConnect Rubicon

Rubicon Water/FarmConnect is a company focused on maximising the productivity, profitability and sustainability of agricultural water. We use technology to improve the efficiency and productivity of irrigation water use, with solutions that drive efficiency gains from the water source through to its eventual use by crops. 
Our on-farm technology solution, FarmConnect, has been developed over a 14-year period and leveraging more than 28 years’ experience with off-farm automation of irrigation distribution networks globally. FarmConnect adds value by enabling farmers to remotely monitor and schedule their crop water requirements, controlling gates, valves and pumps for irrigation events, with the ability to manage the automation of their irrigation operations with precision, thus achieving high application efficiency. Farmers use FarmConnect’s app and web portal via the on-farm Internet of Things (IoT) network provided by Rubicon’s Internet of Agriculture™ (IoAg™) Platform. These improvements enable farmers to achieve higher yields using less water and reducing labour inputs through automation of water control devices on-farm. 
 
We have been supplying IoT/IoAg solutions On-Farm commercially for 4 years, prior to that our platform used “Zigbee” radio technology (14 years), with more than 1,800 devices rolled out across Australia and the USA. In 2018 we started the transition process from Zigbee to LoRa enabled devices with a commercial “soft” launch in 2020 in Australia and 2021 in the USA.