Echo River Invests in Swan Systems
Summary
Glanris: Turning agricultural waste like rice husks and nut shells into carbon positive biochar Irrigreen: Saving up to 50% of irrigated water of turfgrass for owners and installers. The three lower basin states have just come to an initial agreement to cut back water deliveries by three million acre-feet, or about 30% of the long-term historical annual discharge. Growers using Swans platform are able to make informed decisions to increase or decrease irrigation to ensure plants are provided with optimal water and nutrients to meet their needs. In addition to water management, SWAN has sophisticated fertilizer planning, logging and reporting functionalities.If the Lower Basin states are to meet their 3 million acre-feet conservation target (equivalent to about 1 trillion gallons of water per year) agricultural irrigators will need to rapidly adopt technologies at scale, to shift crop types to more efficient and high value crops, or fallow their fields. Echo River is thrilled to join lead investor PureTerra Ventures in supporting SWAN Systems to assist all growers with solving their water efficiency and irrigation challenges.