TABLE OF FIGURES (continued)
Figure 32: Historical and anticipated investments in automation [percentage share of survey respondents]. . 79 Figure 33: Investments in automation by farm size [average], preferred method of automation by region [percent share of respondents]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Figure 34: Automation activities [percentage share of survey respondents], and method of investing in automation [percentage share of survey respondents]. . . . . . . . . . 81 Figure 35: Status of automation across harvest and harvest-related activities and selected crops [average percentage share of acres using automation, based on survey respondents]. . . 82 Figure 36: Expectations for share of acres automated in three to five years, by activity [average]. . . 83 Figure 37: Target return on investment for automation investments [share of respondents, based onsurveyresponses]............................84 Figure 38: Case studies of leading specialty crop growers adopting automation solutions. . . . . 85 Figure 39: Enablers to accelerate harvest automation on farms, with Western Growers’ achievementin2022.................................87 Figure 40: Interview with Jenny Maloney (Bayer) – Genetic seed innovation in bell peppers. . . . . 88 Figure 41: The Mixing Bowl 2022 Crop Robotics Landscape map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Figure 42: Start-up overview by funding round, paying customers and number of robots in operation [# respondents; % share of total] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Figure 43: Number of robots in service, by automation activity [based on survey responses]. . . . 96 Figure 44: Mapping of start-ups by number of paying customers and robots in service [based onsurveyresponses]..........................97 Figure 45: Percentage of roadmap focused on indoor farming [based on survey responses] . . . . 98 Figure 46: Key market traction metrics, leading weeding/thinning focused start-ups. . . . . . . 98 Figure 47: Naïo Technologies – Interview spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Figure 48: Verdant Robotics – Interview spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Figure49: Burro–Interviewspotlight.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Figure 50: Tortuga AgTech – Interview spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Figure 51: Advanced Farm – Interview spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Figure 52 Start-up ranking by funding round and total funding raised [based on survey responses].106 Figure 53: Number of machines in service, repeat respondents [based on survey responses]. . . . 107 Figure 54: Total funding raised to date; most recent funding round completed, repeat respondents [basedonsurveyresponses]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Figure 55: Enablers to accelerate technology and market development, with Western Growers’ achievementin2022............................110 Figure 56: Interview with Josh Ruiz (Church Brothers) – Building the bridge between growers and start-ups to accelerate adoption of new solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
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