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Croptracker, an industry leading in farm management software, is pleased to announce it’s newest product, Crop Load Vision (CLV), has been named a finalist in the highly esteemed Fruit Logistica Innovation Award. This recognition hightlight’s not only Croptracker’s commitment to excellence in farm software development, but to the innovation of the Crop Load Vision product.

Crop Load Vision is a mobile app for counting pre harvested fruit. Using only a mobile iOS device, CLV captures fruit count in real time to assist growers in faster and more accurate crop load assessments. It requires no setup or internet connection and can be used at any time in the season to count fruit and fruitlets. Real time results and on screen feedback eliminate double counting and allows for on the ground, informed decision making.

The Fruit Logistica Innovation Award is a prestigious honor bestowed upon companies that demonstrate outstanding achievements in the development of innovative products, services, or processes within the fresh produce and horticulture industry. Crop Load Vision has been selected as a finalist based on its groundbreaking contributions to crop load projections and crop management decision making support.

"We are thrilled to be recognized as a finalist for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award," said Matt Deir, CEO and founder at Croptracker. "This achievement is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team in pushing the boundaries of innovation within the ai and computer vision technologies and farm management support. We are proud to be among the select group of companies acknowledged for their commitment to advancing the industry."

The Croptracker team will present Crop Load Vision at Fruit Logistica in Berlin on February 7-9, 2024. The Fruit Logistica Innovation award will be judged by a panel of industry experts and trade show visitors and voting will close February 8th. The winner of the award will be announced during a ceremony on February 9th, celebrating the most impactful and forward-thinking contributions to the fresh produce and horticulture sector.

Croptracker develops agtech solutions for industry leaders. Located in Eastern Ontario, Canada, our mission is to make crop production safer, more efficient, and more profitable. Designed in partnership with fresh market producers and distributors, every tool we create is based on direct industry feedback. Croptracker’s award-winning farm software optimizes recordkeeping, labor tracking, production and cost management. Our integrative Harvest Quality Vision technology offers instant empirical analysis of crop samples exactly when you need it. Optimize your harvest season with Croptracker’s customizable solutions. Visit Croptracker.com to learn more about our products and contact us for app based solutions.

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An artificial intelligence approach to the apple industry’s most common quality test

Ontario agtech firm Croptracker Inc is proud to announce the launch of Starch Quality Vision; the latest artificial intelligence assessment tool for apple growers. The Starch Quality Vision (SQV) technology empowers orchard managers and apple growers to empirically and accurately score starch pattern index tests without the need for a trained assessor.

The starch-iodine test is one of the most important pre-harvest tests in the apple industry. In the weeks up to harvest time, growers may perform dozens of starch tests on hundreds of apples as they chart the maturity of the fruit and plan their harvests accordingly.

“What we learned early on in development is that a lot of growers are just eyeballing their starch tests to their best guess, and the human eye’s best guess is extremely subjective,” said Croptracker CEO Matt Deir. “During testing, even highly trained orchard managers who have been doing this for years scored the exact same fruit differently, even just five minutes apart. Growers use this test to determine their harvest dates, so a consistent score is critical to maximizing the quality and shelf life.”

The leading problem analysts tend to point to is this: a general decline in agricultural interest across the board (at least in North America). Experts claim this declining trend in agricultural interest has many contributing factors, such as:

To develop Starch Quality Vision, the Croptracker team met with orchard managers from around the world to learn from the best in the business. With their help, SQV AI has trained on thousands of scored starch pattern tests.

The SQV software will be provided to Ontario Apple Growers members as part of their ongoing partnership with Cropracker. “This will provide us with more information on the quality of apples we are receiving during harvest.”, states Deon Boonzaier of Algoma Orchards in Newcastle, Ontario.

Using SQV, apple growers can be sure of the consistency and accuracy of their starch assessments, using just a mobile phone or tablet - Android or iOS.

SQV will be available starting August 15th. For more information on Starch Quality Vision, please visit the product page or contact Sales@croptracker.com.

Croptracker develops agtech solutions for industry leaders. Located in Eastern Ontario, Canada, our mission is to make crop production safer, more efficient, and more profitable. Designed in partnership with fresh market producers and distributors, every tool we create is based on direct industry feedback. Croptracker’s award-winning farm software optimizes recordkeeping, labor tracking, production and cost management. Our integrative Harvest Quality Vision technology offers instant empirical analysis of crop samples exactly when you need it. Optimize your harvest season with Croptracker’s customizable solutions. Visit Croptracker.com to learn more about our products and contact us for app based solutions.

Over the past 12 months, Croptracker has developed, released and updated an incredible number of Harvest and Harvest Quality Vision features. In recognition of Croptracker’s accomplishments, Agtech Breakthrough Awards has recognized Croptracker with its 2022 Overall Harvest Solution Provider of the Year award.

Croptracker is proud to provide growers a comprehensive solution within its application for monitoring the entire harvesting season, so that information and data are integrated into clients’ decision making processes. Croptracker is a leader in crop based detection and reporting with its Harvest Quality Vision and its interconnected 17 additional modules including Harvest, Spray, Quality Control and Storage.

In accepting the 2022 Overall Harvest Solution Provider of the Year award, Matt Deir CEO and Founder of Croptracker says: ”We have been able to leverage growers’ expertise over the last 16 years in building software that is used all over the world. We hope to continue to build solutions that add value for fruit and vegetables growers for many years to come!”

Croptracker’s software is applicable and used by growers, packers, shippers and receivers from single family farms to multinational agriculture corporations. As of 2022, Croptracker is being used by over 1,200 farming organizations all around the world.

Book a demo to start using this award winning software and simplify your agriculture operation to today.

Croptracker develops agtech solutions for industry leaders. Located in Eastern Ontario, Canada, our mission is to make crop production safer, more efficient, and more profitable. Designed in partnership with fresh market producers and distributors, every tool we create is based on direct industry feedback. Croptracker’s award-winning farm software optimizes recordkeeping, labor tracking, production and cost management. Our integrative Harvest Quality Vision technology offers instant empirical analysis of crop samples exactly when you need it. Optimize your harvest season with Croptracker’s customizable solutions. Visit Croptracker.com to learn more about our products and to contact us about app based solutions.

In partnership with Two-a-Day Group; the system is capable of scanning over 4800 apples or pears within 30 seconds with a 98% accuracy

Kingston, ON, CA: After months of developing a brand new solution and thoroughly beta-testing the product for a year, Croptracker is ready to announce the release of their Overhead Bin Scanning system for Harvest Quality Vision (HQV). Built concurrently with their recently released HQV 3.0, their overhead bin system allows packers to know what is coming into the pack shed before the fruit even comes off the truck. While fruit is in the queue, plans can be made to get it on the packing line, rather than trying to figure out what is coming down the line at high speeds. Large growers can also use this system to know what exactly has left the farm.

The overhead scanning system can handle the rigors of a transportation corridor and function at peak efficiency day in and day out. This system is capable of scanning over 4800 apples or pears within 30 seconds with a 98% accuracy. This first build also incorporates automatic detection of trucks entering the scanning corridor without any human input. It is also flexible enough to be built upon one worker activating the start and stop of a scan at a lower price point.

This entire system was designed, developed and built by Croptracker in partnership with the Two-a-Day Group in the Elgin district, Western Cape, South Africa. Minimizing labor and skill requirements, HQV overhead scanning allows packers to overcome logistical challenges and to continue producing at high efficiencies. The Two-a-Day Group is well informed about the fruits they receive before it is time to make important logistical decisions about storage and sales.

Chris Petzer from the Two-a-Day Group says, “Croptracker’s Harvest Quality Vision has given Two-a-Day a whole new dynamic in doing business, adding product predictability and insight into making critical business decisions proactively, instead of a reactive response. We like to call it our ‘virtual pre-sorter’. Our partnership with the Croptracker team has been a fantastic experience during this pioneering project. They are professional, innovative and committed to any resolve, always staying positive during any challenge. I am looking forward to our ongoing partnership.”

Croptracker believes this scanning platform can be used to improve efficiency, increase productivity and knowledge for packing houses that receive large quantities of fruit in short periods of time.

Matt Deir, Founder and CEO of Croptracker says, “Our new Overhead Scanning technology shows how we are innovating in the agrotech industry for our clients' needs. We have created a technologically advanced system, while keeping it cost effective. We are very happy that our system is allowing Two-a-Day to make proactive decisions before their fruit even gets off their trucks.”

If you are interested in using Croptracker's handheld HQV 3.0 as a first step to implementing an overhead bin scanning system at your facilities, feel free to book a demo .

Croptracker develops agtech solutions for industry leaders. Located in Eastern Ontario, Canada, our mission is to make crop production safer, more efficient, and more profitable. Designed in partnership with fresh market producers and distributors, every tool we create is based on direct industry feedback. Croptracker’s award-winning farm software optimizes recordkeeping, labor tracking, production and cost management. Our integrative Harvest Quality Vision technology offers instant empirical analysis of crop samples exactly when you need it. Optimize your harvest season with Croptracker’s customizable solutions. Visit Croptracker.com to learn more about our products and to contact us about app based solutions.