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CO VER S T OR Y A Orange Software markets alternative to smartphone nother ag-oriented database is offered through Tiger Jill and Pocket Jill Vineyard Management and Compliance programs from Orange Software (orangesoftware.com/tigerjill.com). It can be used to track chemicals, fertilizers, equipment, em- ployees and other agronomical and monitoring cultivation variables such as irrigation, spray programs, crop estimations, budgeting, degrees Brix, soil nutrition, tissue/leaf analysis as well as costs and county, state and federal re- porting and recordkeeping. Tiger Jill runs on desktop and laptop computers, while Pocket Jill is designed for handheld devices. Both are modular, so you can buy what you need. Rick Hamman is the viticulture manag- Pocket Jill er for Hogue Ranches and Mercer Estate Winery, which farms 1,300 acres in 300 blocks in Prosser, Wash. He uses Tiger Jill in the office and Pocket Jill on a Hewlett-Packard tablet device. Hamman says he could use the application on a smartphone, but he hasn't taken that step. He uses the product mainly to estimate crop yields, saying, "We take a lot of notes." His staff collects field data, which is synced with other data to give an overall picture of the crop. "The data there tells us whether we need to drop clusters or do no thinning," he says. "We're pretty happy with it, and the Tiger Jill tech team is very sup- portive. They really know their software." The product can be used for any crop, but Hamman actually developed the module specifically for grapes. Another user of Orange products is Shera Fagundes, who manages payroll for the Lagomarsino Group, Visalia, Calif., which farms diversified crops including grapes in the Central Valley. She uses Pet Tiger, a payroll-oriented product from Orange Soft- ware, to collect data on hourly and piecework workers in the field. The company's supervisors use Motorola phones to log employees in or out, and to record piecework, then records are transmitted to Fagundes each night. —P.F. The Clear Solution for Wine Filtration Reliable high performance filtration and hassle-free ordering for all your filtration equipment and media. We offer complete filtration solutions to the wine industry from grape to bottle. Crossflow Filter Flotation System Lenticular Housing Membrane Housing Plate & Frame Filter Filter Sheets Depth Media Membrane Filter 1.800.333.4288 28 Wines & Vines JULY 2011