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At Bee Prado, technology brought more control to the orchard and more clarity to daily decisions

Soil monitoring and digital farm management make it possible to track what happens in the field, optimize resources, and better organize all the campaign's information.

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60% Water Savings

on hotter days

+100 Irrigation Orders

Automated
ABOUT

Bee Prado Unipessoal, Lda

Bee Prado, in Braga, is a family-run kiwi production farm, managed by Tiago and his wife. From early on, they invested in technology to make management more practical and efficient.

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Definições - Plantação (Colored) copy
1 Farm
Hecares digitalizados
1.8 hectares
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Kiwi
CASE 1 – FULL FIELD VISIBILITY

Smart irrigation that saves water, energy, and time

Continuous soil moisture monitoring and remote control of the irrigation controller brought precision, confidence, and informed decisions, ensuring a balance between productivity and environmental responsibility.

PROBLEM

The Challenge

Before digitalization, they faced practical and operational difficulties that directly affected irrigation efficiency.

Total reliance on physical presence to react to weather

Unexpectedly hot days, gusts of wind, or unforeseen rain meant they always had to be nearby to manually adjust irrigation.

Inability to react quickly to weather changes

Hot days, wind, or rain required constant trips to the orchard to manually adjust irrigation.

Inefficient manual process for assessing water needs

The only way to gauge moisture was to dig holes with a hoe, a slow, exhausting, and imprecise method.
To understand the state of the soil, we would literally go around digging holes with a hoe. It wasn't practical at all.
Tiago Moreira
Farmer
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HOW WE SOLVED IT

The Solution

Soil monitoring sensors were installed and the irrigation controller was integrated to allow real-time tracking of moisture levels and data-driven irrigation adjustments.

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Irrigation App
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Soil Moisture Probe

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Irrigation Controller

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Remotely check whether frost protection was activated
No need to check on-site whether the anti-frost system was activated and for how long
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React at the right moment to midday heat spikes

Temperature spikes no longer require trips to the orchard; the response is now made in seconds from a phone

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Standardize sectors with different needs within the same orchard
Even when the surface looks dry, the probes show areas already well supplied at depth, preventing overwatering in areas that don't need it
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Increase system reliability through early fault detection
Automatic alerts prevent losing an entire irrigation cycle, something that used to only be noticed hours later, with direct impact on the crop
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Reduce the risk of fungal issues linked to overly wet soil
Since kiwi is extremely sensitive to excess water, keeping moisture below 20 cm under control became essential to prevent root diseases
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IMPACT

The Results

60% Savings
Water

 on hotter days 

- 40 m3
water

 in a single day of irrigation 

+ 100
irrigation orders

 automated in one campaign 

 One of the biggest challenges was understanding the real soil moisture level. Sometimes we thought it was dry when it was actually wet, or the other way around. 
Tiago Moreira
Farmer
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CASE 2 – OPTIMIZATION AND SAVINGS

Technology that simplifies orchard management and supports decision-making

Running an agricultural operation involves much more than producing. Organizing activities, logging operations, and monitoring the orchard are essential for efficient management.

PROBLEM

The Challenge

Before digitalization, they faced operational difficulties that affected the farm's day-to-day work.

Low capacity for continuous monitoring of the farm

Even small questions required trips to the field, making management more dependent on the farmer's availability.

Difficulty keeping organized records throughout the campaign

Information often ended up scattered across different media or recorded only after the fact.

Administrative management seen as an obligation rather than a management tool

Administrative effort didn't always translate into useful information for improving decisions on the farm.
More than anything, it gives us certainty about what's happening. Even when we're away, we can tell if everything worked as planned, and if there's a problem, we can act quickly.
Tiago Moreira
Farmer
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COMO RESOLVEMOS

The Solution

With Wisecrop, Bee Prado began managing activities, records, and farm monitoring on a single platform, accessible from a phone or computer.

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Field Activities App

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Organize farm management without increasing the administrative burden

Records are integrated into the normal workflow, reducing repetitive tasks and duplicate information

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Turn the field logbook into a management tool

Record-keeping is no longer just a legal obligation; it now serves to analyze operations and support decisions

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Make it easier to review past campaigns

The digital history makes it possible to compare decisions and results across different years

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Support decisions based on structured information

The farmer's experience remains essential, but is now complemented by organized, accessible data

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Build a real history of the farm across campaigns

With information accumulated over the years, it becomes easier to analyze past decisions and improve future strategies.

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IMPACT

 The Results

+ 300
digitized field activities

 in one campaign 

- 30 %
field trips

 estimated reduction 

- 50 %
time spent

 completing the field logbook 

 Before, everything was written by hand or in Excel. Now it's much easier to filter and manage information, because part of the data is already in the system and everything is centralized. 
Tiago Moreira
Farmer
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