GeoVisual Analytics
GeoVisual Analytics continues to deliver specialty crop measurement and predictive analysis tools tailored on a company-confidential basis around the individual way each grower-processor operates and the crops they grow. With its core foundation built from work in the fields and work with national research agencies such as NASA, USDA, and FFAR, GeoVisual’s data scientists build information focused to help your team tackle what you see as the biggest problems or opportunities. No canned pitches and no canned products. A lean operation funded by family and friends, it is boots-on-the-ground backed by top-notch scientists, working side-by-side with you and organizations you trust to build tools intended to make your best people even better. HeavyConnect continues to provide easy-to-use digital solutions for produce growers and facilities to streamline their compliance, training, and labor management. They recently released new functionality allowing users to easily conduct quality assurance or quality control with HeavyConnect. Customers can fill out reports on the HeavyConnect mobile app during a product inspection. The app will automatically calculate the percentage of defects and determine whether the sample meets a predetermined threshold to pass the inspection. This makes it simple to conduct the QA process and gives customers quick access to their inspection documentation. Hummingbird technologies is an artificial intelligence business that provides advanced crop analysis to its customers by using proprietary machine learning algorithms applied to remote sensing captured imagery. Our expertise provides our customers with early harvest prediction tools increasing supply-side visibility and the ability to drive operational efficiencies within their operations by reducing fertilizer usage and minimizing field waste. Hummingbird has been demonstrating its technology to growers, processors and shippers in Arizona and Mexico and will be starting commercial operations with partners in central Mexico and Salinas in the coming months. Hummingbird was recently selected for FoodTech500, a group of trailblazers re-imagining global food systems, and 4 per 1000, a global initiative to improve soils for food security and climate. iFoodDS has pledged a $100,000 contribution to the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) as part of its commitment to the produce industry. Supporting CPS is a natural fit for iFoodDS and complements its mission to provide food safety, quality and traceability solutions from the field to the consumer, with solutions optimized for growers, packers, processors, distributors, retail, and foodservice organizations. Inteligistics continues to expand its value chain offerings as well as its footprint. The first quarter of 2021 has the team working on many different fronts, including on a new program with one of the world’s largest produce companies to help manage cause and effect in one of its new North American supply chains; continued expansion of our footprint into Chile just in time for the start of the high grape season; sustainability metrics, particularly reduced energy consumption and shrink, reducing overall carbon footprints; and expansion of several new standalone elements of our overall platform, including a vacuum cooling management system, a fully automated shipping dock management system, and field truck location monitoring system. SWIIM is releasing Version 2.0 of its reporting and user dashboard features, which will include interactive crop plan management, enhanced alerts that notify growers as soon as they appear to be under- or over-irrigating and irrigation efficiency trending that allows a grower to see how they are improving ag water use throughout the season. The Ag Center held a webinar in February entitled, “Easily Integrated Dashboard Capabilities” featuring SWIIM. Tailwater Systems is focused on solving two of California biggest water problems—nitrate contamination and salt releases. Ag Order 4.0 released this year is upping the risk to growers who don’t control nitrate emissions. Their nitrate removal systems can help you avoid regulatory fines. The company is also pleased to report progress in its salt removal system development. These new systems are targeted at removing sulfate, chloride, and sodium. Got high total dissolved solids problems in your runoff? These new systems can reduce cations and anions from any water source—a major step in enabling more reuse of agricultural runoff and reducing overall water consumption. Visit them at www. tailwatersystems.com to learn more.
HeavyConnect
Hummingbird
iFoodDS
Inteligistics
SWIIM
Tailwater Systems
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