Ranching has always required close awareness of land, water, weather, and animals that are spread across great distances. In their efforts to stay on top of tanks, pumps, and changing conditions, ranchers often have to make time-consuming trips and hands-on checks across vast, remote terrain.
Ranchbot Monitoring Solutions has been helping to reduce that burden by giving ranchers real-time visibility into remote tanks, pumps, water levels, and flow systems — all from a single platform. But Ranchbot also recognized that water data alone didn’t give ranchers the full picture they needed. Weather directly influences both water availability and herd needs, and customers increasingly wanted those insights alongside their water information.
To meet that need, Ranchbot looked for a weather partner whose technology would match the reliability their customers expect. They found that fit in our Davis Instruments brand.
Here's how we'll break down the story. We'll look at:
- Who Ranchbot serves.
- How Rachbot's partnership with Davis took shape.
- The unique, synergistic relationship between Davis and Ranchbot.
- How ranchers are using this integrated solution.
Who Ranchbot serves
Ranchbot works with ranchers and land managers across the ranching, agriculture, wildlife, and beef industries. Their customers often oversee large, dispersed operations where water issues can directly affect livestock, resource use, and land stewardship. By delivering satellite-connected, multi-sensor monitoring through a single platform, Ranchbot gives ranchers peace of mind.
How the partnership took shape
Ranchbot’s platform gives ranchers dependable visibility into their water systems, but customers were increasingly asking for the context behind the changes they were seeing. Weather is often the driver behind those shifts. Rainfall affects how quickly tanks refill. Heat and humidity influence evaporation rates and how much water livestock consume. Wind and storm activity can stress infrastructure or change herd behavior. These same environmental factors also shape day-to-day decisions about grazing, movement, and herd management.
Ranchbot recognized that bringing weather and water insights together would give ranchers a clearer, more actionable understanding of what was happening across their operations. The company sought a weather partner with technology that delivered the accuracy and reliability their customers needed. They chose our Davis Instruments brand.
Getting hyperlocal weather data on operations like feedlots helps producers make better decisions on cattle location and movement. For operations with more grazing, it's helping ranchers make better grazing decisions.
Ranchbot
Our trusted weather stations now provide the hyperlocal environmental data ranchers were asking for, and Ranchbot’s platform delivers those insights through the monitoring tools ranchers already rely on. Their ranchers now receive a more complete operational picture to support better planning, preparedness, and day-to-day decision-making.
Better together: When data accuracy meets data accessibility
Davis weather stations give ranchers the accurate environmental data they rely on to understand heat, humidity, rainfall, and wind at a truly local level. Ranchbot makes that data usable everywhere ranchers work. By delivering Davis weather insights through a satellite-connected platform, Ranchbot ensures that ranchers can access both weather and water information from every part of their operation — even where cellular coverage doesn’t reach.
Davis provides trusted environmental intelligence. Ranchbot extends that intelligence into the most remote corners of a property. Together, the result is a system that brings accuracy and accessibility into a single, reliable source of truth for ranch management.
Having reliable environmental insight strengthens ranchers’ ability to care for both their herds and the land. Remote visibility reduces unnecessary driving, which saves fuel, vehicle wear, and time. It also supports proactive management by helping ranchers intervene sooner when water issues arise or when weather-driven risks emerge.
How ranchers are using the integrated solution
By bringing Davis weather data into the Ranchbot platform, ranchers can see weather and water insights side-by-side and in near-real-time. Benefits include:
- Feedlots and intensive operations benefit from hyperlocal weather data that informs decisions about cattle movement and location.
- Grazing operations can track localized rainfall to make more informed grazing and pasture-use decisions.
- Remote properties gain dependable environmental visibility that doesn’t rely on cellular coverage.
- Alerts and thresholds help ranchers respond quickly when weather or water conditions shift.
Together, these capabilities give ranchers a more complete understanding of conditions across their operation without making unnecessary trips into the field.
Looking ahead: A shared commitment to innovation
Ranchbot and our Davis Instruments team share a commitment to helping ranchers work more efficiently and safely, with better insight into the conditions shaping their operations. We’re united by a focus on solving real challenges for the people who care for vast and complex landscapes every day.
As the partnership continues to evolve, we’re excited to keep expanding what’s possible — developing solutions that bring even more clarity, efficiency, and resilience to ranching operations.
Visit the Ranchbot website to learn more about how they can help your ranch operations.