CalCom Energy CalCom Energy is a 100 percent employee-owned, full-service energy solutions provider based in California’s Central Valley. Our team has led the deployment of over 150+ MW of solar generation and energy storage capacity across the food system value chain. Through our core offerings and service-oriented partnerships, CalCom Energy is committed to helping our customers increase efficiencies, meet climate targets and continuously improve operations. Carbon Robotics Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, empowers farmers to operate more efficiently by building innovative agriculture tools. The company’s revolutionary, high-precision laser-weeding technology leverages sophisticated AI deep learning technology, computer vision, robotics and lasers to reduce weed control costs by 80 percent and improve crop yield and quality. In February 2022, Carbon Robotics launched the LaserWeeder, a pull-behind robot that seamlessly attaches to the back of tractors and utilizes Carbon Robotics’ laser-weeding technology to identify weeds and target them for elimination. To learn more about Carbon Robots, please see the feature in this issue of Western Grower & Shipper magazine. Dexer Dexer delivers data at the speed of voice. The voice-activated and highly customizable data collection app does not require internet service while it delivers timely and structured data—the kind that machines and sensors just can’t record. Focused on improving the ease and speed of remote and repetitive data collection, the app was built to enhance accuracy at the point of entry and has proven useful for everyone from researchers and crop scouts to food safety professionals and insurance agents. Dexer streamlines data collection by inputting the information directly into customized forms while providing immediate voice playback that enables real-time error handling and enables 100 percent accuracy. Eliminating duplication of entry, increasing speed for decision making and adding consistency in how the data is shared are a few key highlights of the solution. Dexer provides clean, structured data that is ready for import by the customer into their existing systems. Unlike voice-to-text applications currently found on devices, Dexer creates data entry requirements, along with built-in knowledge of specific industry terms, to help customers consistency collect and interpret data. FarmWise For vegetable growers who face increased growing costs and new regulatory pressures, FarmWise builds innovative systems to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency. FarmWise’s first product, the Titan, is an automated mechanical weeder powered by AI and robotics. The machine detects vegetable crops from weeds and uproots weeds, moving blades with sub-inch accuracy. FarmWise has collected over 500 million plant images, from lettuce to broccoli. The company has been running a commercial automated weeding service for the past three seasons in Salinas Valley and the desert. Leveraging thousands of hours of learnings out in the field and precious feedback gathered from the most prominent growers in the U.S., FarmWise is gearing up to release its next-generation weeder early next year. The product will be launched at the World Ag Expo in February. Inteligistics Inteligistics brings end-to-end solutions to monitor and improve efficiency for logistics, supply chain and cold chain management for companies producing and selling perishable products. InteliView is the digital information hub that takes data from a variety of sources, such as IoT devices, third-party sensors, API integrations and user input to be analyzed and presented on a cloud-based platform. Customers can monitor KPIs, highlight and remedy anomalies and analyze shelf life and ROI. For example, in a recent project of over 2,000 loads of avocados, InteliView algorithms were able to accurately predict quality and shelf-life based on time and temperature during transit. Geofences were created to trigger arrival and departure of pallets, track holding times, and inform stakeholders about the load location and status in the supply chain, leading to significant cost savings, operational improvements and more product sales. For more information on Inteligistics and its InteliView platform, visit inteligistics.com.
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