Congratulations to the following companies
for their 2023 winning products!

 

 

Top-10 Product

BeeHome™

Beewise
Exhibit Space:
Corteva Agriscience Center 3510, 3511, 3610, 3611

The BeeHome™ seamlessly and automatically detects threats to a honeybee colony such as pesticides or the presence of parasites. The robotic system responds by addressing the threat in real-time, in the field. This round-the-clock surveillance and treatment require no human intervention, and the device is compatible with existing beekeeping practices and infrastructure. With BeeHome™, colony collapse of bees is reduced by as much as 80%, while operational costs are slashed by as much as 90%.

Top-10 Product

Bluewhite Pathfinder

Bluewhite
Exhibit Space:
R37, R39

Bluewhite’s Pathfinder transforms any brand of existing orchard or vineyard tractor into a fully autonomous fleet, capable of executing multiple tasks, such as spraying, applying herbicide, discing, mowing, or harvesting with high precision and operating efficiency. Pathfinder uses the unique fusion of multiple sensors, LIDAR, cameras, and GNSS, enabling safe navigation in every crop and application without the reliance on GPS/RTK or cellular connection, which is not available in all operating conditions.

Top-10 Product

Burro with Bitwise Agronomy – Superhuman Crop Scouting On-Board

Burro with Bitwise Agronomy On-Board
Exhibit Space:
P36

Bitwise Agronomy Crop Scouting helps farmers evaluate their crop by using cutting-edge AI technology to see “like humans” – but better. With Bitwise on-board, crop scouting is more accurate, more consistent, and analyzed at superhuman speeds. Bitwise can look at different phenological stages, as well as measure and count fruit volume (bunches or berries) to give actionable insights and information to predictive yield estimates for crops throughout the growing season. When operating on-board Burro as a “digital implement,” Bitwise Agronomy Crop Scouting operates seamlessly with Burro’s in-field autonomy for automatic real-time crop scouting.

Top-10 Product

Vulcan

FarmWise
Exhibit Space:
H12

Vulcan is a category II three-point hitch implement that combines Titan’s ultra-precise weed removal capabilities with best-in-the-industry reliability, ease of operation, and adaptability to any field conditions. Vulcan can work on more than 15 different crop types (new crop types are added continuously through software updates) and has been designed to be easily maintained and repaired.

Top-10 Product

Herbicide GUSS

GUSS Automation
Exhibit Space:
Ride & Drive 5

Herbicide GUSS is a cutting-edge autonomous herbicide sprayer manufactured by GUSS Automation, LLC in Kingsburg, California. This driverless sprayer is built with multiple precision sensors designed to detect, target, and spot spray weeds on the orchard floor with the specific amount of material needed. This technology reduces the amount of chemical used which is better for our environment, reduces cost, and keeps employees safer.

Top-10 Product

Smart Sprayer

Mantis Ag Tech
Exhibit Space:
M4

Mantis introduces the most advanced and environmentally sustainable alternative to specialty crop sprayers: The Smart Sprayer. The Smart Sprayer features advanced visual recognition (VR) technology to precisely apply beneficial crop protection products to targeted plants. The VR technology combined with reliable and field-proven automation allows the Smart Sprayer to reduce off-target or excessive spraying of non-planted areas in the field. This results in both economic, environmental, and product performance gains and helps producers better manage crops, compliance requirements, and production logistics.

Top-10 Product

HAYTECH

Quanturi
Exhibit Space:
Farm Credit Dairy Center 6403

HAYTECH is a smart solution designed to improve the profitability of hay production. Both global and ultra-precise, HAYTECH monitors the entire storage site 24/7 regardless of the size of haystacks. HAYTECH is a ready-to-use pack comprising durable wireless probes, base station, visualization services, and alerts.

Top-10 Product

S5 Pressure Compensating Heavywall Dripline

Rain Bird
Exhibit Space:
I35

Save water and energy while reducing chemical consumption with Rain Bird S5 Pressure Compensating Heavywall Dripline, the ultimate in smart irrigation. The “S” in S5 stands for “Smart Spacing.” Smart Spacing allows growers to specify repeating patterns of variable spacing between emitters to deliver water to plants and not the areas between. S5 Dripline uses Rain Bird’s proven Agricultural GritX™ self-Flushing emitter that features precise and accurate flow rates.

Top-10 Product

Seed Spider Digital Controller Mobile App

Sutton Ag Enterprises
Exhibit Space:
T31

New to the Seed Spider system is the Digital Controller Mobile App. The app simplifies the calibration process, stores seeding history, calibrates metering units, tracks productivity and area planted, provides real-time fault detection, and compares current and historical seeding information. The Seed Spider online platform allows you to take data gathered from the Digital Controller app and view area planted on Google Maps and historical data on seeding such as time seeding, total seed weight dispensed, distance seeded, and seeding speed. The Digital Controller app replaces physical controllers on existing Seed Spider seeders and is standard on all new seeders.

Top-10 Product

Flying Autonomous Robots

Tevel
Exhibit Space:
P10

Tevel introduces a robotic fruit harvesting system, integrating eight Flying Autonomous Robots™ on a platform harvester made by S&S Metal Fabrication. The system is designed to work in different environments of modern 2D rows – whether in high-density fruit walls or V-trellis and is adaptable to different tree heights and row widths. The Flying Autonomous Robots™, powered by advanced AI and computer vision algorithms, continuously collect data on every piece of fruit picked, providing real-time harvesting data to the grower. Tevel’s robots have already picked apples, peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, and pears in the United States, Europe, and Israel. This system will debut at the 2023 World Ag Expo®.

Thank you to all who entered!

The competitive field of new products were submitted for the contest by exhibitors of the largest annual agricultural show of its kind. Products ranged from simple solutions to high tech devices. The contest judges were made up of farmers, ranchers and industry professionals.