Wireless networks have yet to become commonplace for growers but research into the technology has given two Canadian growers a glimpse of the technology’s potential. Brothers Rod and Don King own and operate King Family Vineyards, a 42-acre property just north of Penticton, British Columbia, that supplies grapes to the Sandhill Wines division of Andrés Wines Ltd. Three years ago, the Kings participated in a research project that saw 60 to 80 battery-powered microcomputers, known as motes, placed in a three-acre block of the King family’s vineyards. The block, shaped somewhat like a bowl, was a challenge with regard to […]