Farm Vision is bringing precision agriculture to specialty crops.
Growers and marketers of tree fruits, berries and nuts rely on their best estimates of crop load and harvest yields to drive business decisions from growing to selling the crop. Those decisions determine the profitability of the farm and efficiencies of supply chains to consumers.
Advances in computer vision technology and artificial intelligence, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota, have made possible a new set of tools designed to assist growers with improved accuracy, confidence and reliability of their crop yield estimates.
Farm Vision Technologies exclusively brings these tools to solving the challenge of increasing accuracy of data collection in field settings. And the technology not only delivers best-in-class data accuracy, but it has been developed to grower specifications — simple to utilize and easily integrated into current management activities.
Improved data accuracy improves business outcomes.
- Highly predictive yield forecasts
- Precision thinning and crop load management
- Labor planning
- Equipment investment and allocation
- Sales and marketing excellence
- Improved estimates of harvest yield
- Insights into fruit grading and pricing
- Informed decisions about processing and packaging
- High-resolution yield mapping and crop health monitoring
- Feedback on field operations
- Improved scheduling of processing
- Improved management of packaging supplies
The Team
Patrick A. Plonski
Cofounder/CEO
Patrick has spent the last decade solving challenging estimation and planning problems in outdoor environments. He is excited to apply his expertise towards developing an impactful product for fruit growers. He holds a Computer Science PhD from the University of Minnesota.
I. Volkan Isler
Cofounder
Volkan is a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. As a cofounder and mentor, his role is to assist with R&D, and setting the strategic direction of the company.
Brian Dawn
CTO
Brian has degrees in Computer Science as well as Physics. In his career he's worked as a researcher, embedded firmware engineer, and backend web developer. At Farm Vision Brian solves whatever engineering problems need solving that day, whether it's programming, electronics, or designing 3d prints.
Scott Erickson
Business Development
Scott helps food producers solve problems with new ideas developed by his creative Farm Vision teammates. He has dedicated his career to commercializing technologies that improve farm profitability and sustainability. Scott holds degrees in international management and agriculture.
James J. Luby
Horticultural/Agronomic Advisor
Jim is a professor of Horticultural Science at the University of Minnesota. He is well-known in the tree fruit and berry industries for innovations in plant breeding and genetics, and commercialization of new fruit varieties. He is the co-inventor of the Honeycrisp apple variety.
Donald Krantz
Business Advisor
Don has decades of experience leading fast-growing technology companies in the robotics and 3D printing sectors. He has held multiple c-suite roles including Chief Operating Officer of Proto Labs. He has a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Minnesota and has held previous positions at MTS Systems, Alliant Techsystems and Honeywell Defense Systems.
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