Over the past 18 years, Hortau has received numerous awards for its precision irrigation management platform, including the 2017 North American Smart Irrigation New Product Innovation Award, presented by Frost & Sullivan. Hortau was also a finalist for the 2017 CognitionX Best AI Product in Agriculture award and named to the THRIVE AgTech Top 50 Growth Companies and the Global Cleantech 100 Ones to Watch lists.
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2020
• AgTech Breakthrough: Hortau wins Precision Irrigation Solution of the Year
• Yahoo Finance: Hortau Applies 18 Years of R&D to New Generation Tensiometer
• BIG Innovation Award: BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE 2020 BIG INNOVATION AWARDS
• The Bakersfield Californian: Gentlemen, start your tractors: Mega-farm show begins Tuesday
• CISION: Hortau Welcomes New Members As CA Growers Prepare for SGMA
2019
- Thrive AgTech: THRIVE Announces 2019 Top 50 Report Highlighting Leading Growth Stage Companies & Unicorn Predictions in Food and AgTech
- Market Watch: Hortau Closes $20M Round to Fuel Product Development, Growth, International Expansion
2018
- Southwest FarmPress: Integration makes real-time flowmeter monitoring a reality
- Coastal Grower: The Need For Good People In Ag Is Stronger Than Ever
- Better Farming: Sensing Your Soil’s Potential
- Modern Agriculture: Dealing With Drought
- Ventura County Start: The Drought is Back
- CleanTech Group: How Sensor-based Smart Irrigation Tools Influence Agriculture
- Cision: EDC invests $7M in Canadian cleantech firm helping farmers reduce water and energy use around the globe
- Disruptor Daily: Hortau: Monitoring Crop Stress to Help Growers Act Before It Occurs
- GreenBiz: Why Smart Irrigation Startups Are Bubbling Up
- Science Direct: High productivity of soilless strawberry cultivation under rain shelters
- And Now U Know: Hortau Partners with Agrian
- Fresno Business Journal: With drought looming, farmers focus on water savings
- And Now U Know: Hortau’s Director of Grower Support Ben Smith Presents at World Ag Expo
- Securing Water for Food.org: Top 5 Trends in Agriculture 2018
- WIRED/Comcast News: Rain or Shine: IoT Powers a Marked Shift in the Way We Farm
- Growing Produce: Hortau named to THRIVE Top 50
- Le Journal de Québec: Une entreprise de Lévis reçoit une aide du fédéral de 5,9 M$
- Le Soleil: De l’aide d’Ottawa pour Hortau
- Capital Press: Where it’s happening at World Ag Expo
- Radio Canada: L’entreprise qui voulait aider les agriculteurs à utiliser moins d’eau
- AgTech News: SDTC investment of $5.9 MILLION for development of advance technologies
2017
- Hay & Forage Grower: Hortau Selected as Finalist for CogX Best Artificial Intelligence Product in Agriculture Award
- Growing Produce: Practical Solutions Are Bringing Precision Agriculture Closer to Earth
2017
- Coastal Grower: Drought or Not, Water Management Still a Priority
- Precision Ag: Hortau Commemorates 15 Years in Ag Tech
- Farm Journal/Ag Professional: Precision Irrigation Company Celebrates 15 Years
- Hay & Forage Grower: Pioneering AgTech: Hortau Celebrates 15 Years
- The Grower: Precision Irrigation Saves Water (See Page B6)
2017
- Ag Info Radio: Hortau Provides Growers with Real Time Measuring of Soil Tension
- ABC 30 Action News: Tulare World Ag Expo showcases how irrigation techniques have evolved over 50 years
- Motherboard Vice Magazine: Forget CES, The World Ag Expo Is The Hottest Tech Trade Show
- Newstalk 1450/Ktip Radio, Ag News, South Central San Joaquin Valley: Listen online
- Talk 650 KSTE Farm Hour in Sacramento: (24:28 minute mark) Listen online
- Pacific Coast Business Times: San Luis Obispo’s Hortau just keeps on growing
- SLO Tribune: Agtech leader Hortau opens new SLO headquarters to accommodate growth
- Filtration & Separation: Yardney unveils new remote access controller
- The Business Journal: Farmers in conservation mode despite wet winter
- Precision Ag: Hortau Continues Growth, Expansion in 2017
- Californian: Hortau Named to Thrive Top 50 AgTech Companies List
- Coastal Grower: Where Our Holiday Cranberries Come From
- IT Business Network: Best Tips for Water Conservation in Ag
- And Now U Know: Hortau Appoints Joseph Bradley as Chairman of the Board
2016
- Hortau featured AgTech expert on CNBC’s “Make Me a Millionaire Inventor”: Making Green with HiveGenie Inventor Mario Chapa
- ZDNet: Hortau “a good example of innovative digital evolution and partnership”
- Coastal Grower: Why Water Needs to Remain the Focus in California (PDF, 429 KB)
- Coastal Grower Magazine: Proven Technology Needed More Than Ever in Agriculture (Page 20)
- New Ag International: Irrigation Leader Profile on Hortau
- Green Bay Press-Gazette: Bringing tech to the cranberry marsh
- American Fruit Grower/Vegetable Grower: Components To Help Streamline The Irrigation Process
- Devenir Entrepreneur: Comment Hortau révolutionne le monde agricole (French publication, read English translation)
- Le Journal de Montréal: Plantes branchées sur internet (French version; English translation)
- Just Means: How Hortau Helps Farmers Produce More Crops With Less Water
- Precision Ag: Hortau Expands Irrigation Technology In High Plains, Southwest
- Good Fruit Grower: Hortau Expands in Pacific Northwest
2015
- Pacific Coast Business Times: SLO company helps growers manage water use
- Midwest Producer: Hortau secures $10M investment to further growth
- NBC Fresno: 49th Annual World Ag Expo kicks off
- AgFunderNews:Hortau Raises 10m in Equity Funding
- Fortune: Term Sheet VC Deals of the Day
- AgriInvestor: ACAP leads 10m raise for irrigation tech company
- AgProfessional: Company adding new precision irrigation offerings
- AgNet West Radio: Hortau secures 10 million
- And Now U Know: Hortau Named to Global Cleantech 100 Companies to Watch List
- AgNet West Radio: Global Cleantech Recognizes Ag Companies
- Farm Progress Irrigation Extra: Measuring Soil Moisture in a New Way
- Tech Crunch: Hackathon Challenges Developers to Make a Difference
- Huffington Post: Hackathon Challenges Developers to Make a Difference
- FarmProgress: Young ag irrigators to gain opportunities with technology
- KSTE Farm Hour featuring Hortau CEO Jocelyn Boudreau
- CBC Radio: La Semaine Verte Documentary on California Drought
- And Know you Know: Hortau in the headlines
- Tech Crunch: Spurring Investments and Innovation in Agriculture
- Ventura County Star: Drought Pushes More Technology into Ventura County Fields
- Farm Progress Hortau Hosting In-Field Demo at Husker Harvest Days
- SLO Tribune: SLO irrigation management firm visits D.C. to talk ag investment
- High Plains Journal: In other agribusiness news…
- “Almond Girl”: Farmers and Technology, they do go hand in hand
- Denver Post: Colorado Farmers Grow More Food on Less Water Amid Rising Competition
- Coastal Grower: Smart Farming Front and Center in Salinas Valley
- Forbes: Internet vs. Calif. Drought (Dell Power More: syndicated version)
- Forbes: Forbes AgTech Summit Recap
- TechCrunch: Ag Tech Helps Calif. Farmers Grow More With Less Water
- And Now U Know: Precision Tech Irrigation Practices Save Water While Yielding Healthy Crops
- And Now U Know: Hortau Announces Flow Rate Monitoring
- Global AgInvesting: Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners Commits $5M to Hortau
- AgNet West: Hortau Secures $5M in Financing
- AgProfessional: Hortau Secures Financing from Advantage Capital
- AgNet West: Fresno State Workshop Explains Water Soil Tension
- Fortune: How Water Technology Can Help Farmers Survive California’s Drought
- CDFA Today – Growing California: Growing Strawberries with Hortau
- And Now You Know: John Bison joins Hortau
- Just Means: Three Ways California Agriculture Can Reduce Water Use
- Global AgInvesting: Precision Irrigation: Boots & Technology Still Needed on the Ground
- Coastal Grower: Using Precision Irrigation Management to Reduce Water Consumption and Environmental Impact
2014
- NBC & CNBC: The New Tech Players of the California Drought
- CBS Fresno: Hortau Talks Precision Irrigation at World Ag Expo (video)
- ABC Fresno: Among Drought Solutions at World Ag Expo (video)
- Potato Grower: Irrigation Product Showcase – Hortau WEB TX-4 Smart Stations (PDF)
- Nebraska TV: Farmers Turn to Tech to Save on Water, Fertilizer
- Huffington Post: Growing Cranberries Sustainably
- National Geographic: Growing Cranberries Sustainably
- Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Whitepaper: Using Technology to Prevent Weather Related Losses in Agriculture (PDF)
- L’UTILI TERRE: De Québec à San Luis Obispo (French, PDF)
- Coastal Grower: Grow More With Less Water (PDF, 3.8 MB)
- Farm Focus: Precision Irrigation – Monterey County Growers Walking the Walk (PDF, Page 2)
- Wisconsin State Farmer: Irrigation system benefits roots, saves on water use
- Ventura County Star: Hortau soil-monitoring tool takes guess work out of irrigating, growers say
- National Geographic: Growing a solution to California’s groundwater crisis
- The Desert Review: Hortau, a New Era of Farming
- Midwest Producer: Why precision ag matters more than ever
- Marshall Democrat News: Precision irrigation a must in the face of today’s water issues
- Imperial Valley Press: Ag app makes for “smart” farming
- Holyoke Enterprise: Farmers seek higher yields from futuristic fields
- Industry Edge: 3 Eco-Friendly Farming Options to Help Farmers Save More Money
- Globe & Mail: Technology that helps farmers cut waste and make more money
- AgFunder News in NYC: Meet Hortau, one of the many agtech companies at Global AgInvesting
- Fortune: Hortau-Avrio investment among Fortune’s “Deals of the Day“
- The Wall Street Journal: Hortau-Avrio investment featured on “The Daily Startup”
- KSBY: Local irrigation company gets funds for drought innovation
- Canadian Private Equity: Hortau secures $3.5M follow-on financing from Avrio Capital
- KSBW: Evolving irrigation management technologies (Video, Hortau featured at 4:11 mark)
- KSBW: Farmers go high-tech to save water
- KWOA 730 AM: Hortau High Plains rep Doug Larson radio interview
- West Point News: Hortau’s technology gives irrigators “real-time” data
- Fort Morgan Times: Hortau working to reduce overwatering
- Pacific Coast Business Times: Irrigation Technology Firm Raises $3.5M
- AgWired: Interview with Hortau’s Jocelyn Boudreau and Doug Larson
- Precision Ag: Meet Hortau Precision Irrigation
- Pacific Coast Business Times: Cloud Farming – SLO firm brings sensor technology to the fields
- McClatchy Newspapers: Drought on the mind of farmers at World Ag Expo, featured by The Fresno Bee
- Ag News Network: World Ag Expo interview with Hortau’s Jeremy Otto