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Viticulture

When you're managing dozens—or hundreds—of vineyard blocks, you know timing isn’t just important. It’s everything. We understand how easy it is for critical irrigation windows or early signs of stress to slip through the cracks—and how costly that can be in fruit quality, yield, and labor. That’s why METER delivers a scalable, research-grade monitoring system that brings consistency and precision to every acre. Our low-maintenance sensors give you accurate data across your entire operation, and ZENTRA Cloud lets you monitor conditions and trends remotely—so you can act fast, allocate resources efficiently, and make confident decisions without wasting time in the field. Better control. Better grapes. Less guesswork.

Complete irrigation decision-making pkg

Better fruit starts with better data. In viticulture, guessing when and how much to water can cost you—in yield, quality, and wasted inputs. METER gives you the full picture of the vine environment by combining water content, water potential, salinity, and atmospheric data into one simple system. With accurate, site-specific insight, you can dial in the right timing and amount for irrigation and nutrient applications—preventing leaching, reducing waste, and improving consistency across blocks. And with ZENTRA Cloud, it’s all at your fingertips—anytime, anywhere.

Soil moisture monitoring

Precision irrigation in vineyards starts below the surface. To make the right call on when—and how much—to water, you need more than just a water content reading. You need to know both volumetric water content (VWC) and water potential—so you can see how available the soil water actually is to your vines. METER’s research-grade soil moisture tools give you the clarity to irrigate with precision, reduce waste, and avoid stress before it impacts fruit quality. It’s everything you need to protect yield and stretch every drop further.

Measure the soil moisture profile at multiple depths using a single TEROS profile probe or multiple TEROS water content sensors, all connected to a cloud enabled data logger
Measure both water content and availability at a single site by installing TEROS water content sensors and TEROS water potential sensors at multiple depths

Atmospheric evapotranspiration

Your vines don’t live a mile away—your weather data shouldn’t either. Microclimates matter in viticulture. The weather station down the road may be reading something completely different than what your vines are experiencing. That disconnect can lead to overwatering, under-irrigating, or mistimed interventions. METER’s in-field, research-grade weather stations deliver highly localized evapotranspiration data, right from your vineyard—so you can make informed, timely decisions that protect fruit quality and optimize water use.

Plant stress monitoring

Higher-quality fruit starts with controlled stress—not guesswork. Intentional vine stress at key growth stages is essential to developing premium fruit—but push it too far, and you risk irreversible damage or vine loss. The key is knowing exactly where that line is. METER’s canopy-level monitoring tools give you real-time insight into vine stress, so you can strike the right balance—maximizing quality while protecting long-term vine health and vineyard productivity.

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ZENTRA System

Customize your data collection and logging solution by combining multiple METER sensors with the ZL6 Data Logger and ZENTRA Cloud. ZENTRA stores your data in the cloud, allowing easy access to your data and near-real-time reports from all of your data loggers.

Avoid costly field visits by accessing your data from any web-connected device. Analyze it with ZENTRA Cloud’s built-in visualization tools, and easily share insights without tracking down log files on individual computers.

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David Wilkins
"METER's products are a great value and provide a wide range of capabilities for my growers to monitor the soil and weather environments in their vineyards. The people I've worked with [at METER] have all been exceptionally tuned into my requests."
Assoc. Professor Emeritus of Geosciences David Wilkins | Boise State University

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