Autogrow has denote a collaboration with competitor Ridder Group and New York agriculture package firm Native .
The quislingism is made potential with the launch of Autogrow ’s new farm direction platform , FarmRoad , which was announced by CEO Darryn Keiller at the Indoor AgTech Summit in New York .
“ FarmRoad was gestate to fulfill two unsubtle purposes . A political program for autonomous farming and secondly as a way of bring in together all disparate technologies that farmers apply into one incorporated management tool , ” explains Mr. Keiller .
“ To be truly unified you postulate to be open and work collaboratively across the industriousness with steal - in from live major participant . It ’s a concept we advocated two years ago when we came out with the first opened API ( app Programming Interface ) and I ’m pleased to be in a spot to say the dream is now touchable . ”
“ We are ecstatic that Ridder has show the farsightedness and faith in us , to support what we are doing and join us in showing the manufacture what is potential when true collaboration occurs . ”
Both Autogrow and Ridder market mechanisation solutions for Controlled Environment Agriculture ( CEA ) and both will be able-bodied to integrate with FarmRoad .
“ The Ridder Group , developer of the HortiMaX greenhouse control systems for over 40 days , keep going the first step of Autogrow , ” says Joep van den Bosch , Chief Innovation Officer , Ridder Group .
“ Ridder believes strongly in a attached future where systems and data is partake in for the benefit of optimizing the plants ' growing weather condition and more efficient and sustainable greenhouse operations . ”
“ As an industriousness partner , Ridder will make it possible for growers to link up their Ridder climate restraint and irrigation systems to the FarmRoad platform . ”
Alongside Ridder Group , Autogrow will also be get together with New York base Start - Up Native .
“ Equally as important as an established actor demonstrate vision , is new entrants to the industry who are also bringing innovation . What Native are creating delivers a fundamental industry building block , which we will integrate with FarmRoad , ” say Mr. Keiller .
The Native political platform plug in farms with local buyers , maximizing the note value of their harvests and help both buyers and restaurants deliver on the hope and demand of locally sourced food .
“ Our partnership with Autogrow will most benefit the growers and the farmers , ” says Frank Pica , co - founding father , Native . “ FarmRoad user can furnish Native with real - time data that verifies the amount and timber of their harvests , and Native will return the dead on target market place economic value of the products . aboriginal then provides an sales outlet for cultivator to bring their Cartesian product to agiotage markets within their region . ”
Autogrow will work closely with Ridder Group and Native over the coming month during the pilot burner phase .
“ The next iterations of FarmRoad include flush and fruit recognition through Machine Vision and AI to provide pollenation rates and flower to fruit conversion performance . We will be extending the 3rd company integration to include finance , labor management , intellectual nourishment security and more , ” says Mr. Keiller .
For more information : FarmRoadwww.farmroad.io
