Vanderkloof Tegnologie 2.31

We count every drop, because every drop counts.

Vanderkloof Tegnologie provides a complete smart irrigation management solution. We combine our products with excellent service, desktop and mobile cloud irrigation software to bring to you the perfect water irrigation solution to adapt to the water availability of today.

Irrigation systems can become less or more efficient depending on how it is used and maintained. We provide the best technology through our knowledge and experience and constantly improving our products.

With technician’s installing and continually servicing the equipment, consultants refining variables together with the customer’s applying of the accurate recommendations. The implementing of our management system the farmer can positively be reinsured of better returns on current water availability.

Vanderkloof Tegnologie….
We Can….
We Will….
Make a big deference on your farm


Vanderkloof Tegnologie is the new name for Bertus van der Westhuizen’s well known irrigation scheduling company previously known as Irricheck.

Bertus and Vanderkloof Tegnologie’s business has developed into three areas:

1. Vanderkloof Technolgie is the exclusive agent for Irricheck (Pty) Ltd in the Central region of South Africa. In this region Vanderkloof Tegnologie focuses on the following areas:

a. Vanderkloof, where Kambro Swanepoel and Charles Pieterse is serving and
b. Vaalharts, where Johan van Niekerk and Baties (Jakobus Booysen) is rendering the services.
c. The western and southern Orange Free State, serviced by Pieter Celliers (a sub-agent)
d. The area from Pofadder, Augrabies, Kakamas, Upington to Groblershoop is serviced by Robert Fair (a sub-agent)
e. Prieska is serviced by Jaco van Zyl (a sub-agent)

2.Bertus are contracted by Irricheck (Pty) Ltd for:
a. Training of Irricheck’s consultants in the rest of South Africa
b. Continuous support of the Irricheck consultants
c. Continuous development of the Irricheck Pulse™ software

3.Vanderkloof Tegnologie is producing its own range of irrigation scheduling equipment and is constantly developing its products and product range to suite client’s needs.

For the area outside of the Central region, Irricheck is Vanderkloof Tegnologie’s preferred route to market our irrigation scheduling equipment.

Results: During the 21 years or since 1994 the accurate and user friendly irrigation scheduling system has distinguished itself on hundreds of South African farms to be the most accurate system available.

As a result of improvement of the amount of table grapes packed per unit of water used on the Raap-en-Skraap farm of Karsten Boerdery, the Irricheck system was nominated to ICID (International Committee for Irrigation and Drainage) by SANCID (South African National Committee for Irrigation and Drainage) during 2011.

The system was awarded with an ICID award for this achievement. During 2012 the system was awarded by The Department of Water Affairs for the saving of water.

The Irricheck Irrigation Scheduling System consists of:

1.The Irricheck Scheduling system with the well known and proven user friendly web-based Irricheck Pulse™ software for desktop and mobile applications. The software intergrade’s all elements of the soil-crop-climate system as well as the weather forecast in order to simulate the irrigation recommendations for the week ahead.

2. Our Technical personnel installing and continually maintaining all equipment to ensure real time data

3.Our Consultants regularly checking and refining all data to ensure accurate recommendations

4.Vanderkloof Tegnologie’s range of irrigation scheduling equipment, such as:
a. Irricom GPRS communicator
b. Continuous logging soil moisture probe
c. Rain/Irrigation gauge or Drip Irrigation gauge

Vanderkloof Tegnologie can and will make a difference on your farm. By implementing our irrigation scheduling system farmers can surely expect improved yields with less water.