“From mid-July, the fruit growth rate let us adjust our irrigation and fertilizer applications to be able to produce the right size fruit for our markets to get the best returns..”

"Compared to the control blocks, we were able to achieve 17% spray reduction using the fruit count task map to vary spray rates per tree, and still achieve our target fruit count of 100 apples per tree."

"We’re very happy to have been one of the first to try Vivid Machines’ Vivid XV spectral imaging system to increase yield forecasting accuracy in our apple orchards. By the end of the season last year, yield prediction accuracy was, on average, 90%, which gave us the confidence to commit to working with Vivid. We knew their technology could help us improve yield and quality while also increasing sales. We look forward to making full use of the Vivid XV system this growing season."

"We’ve enjoyed working with the Vivid Machines team. They were able to provide 91% accuracy on yield estimates, and we really appreciated the team’s excellent customer service."

"With Vivid, I was able to allocate my labour resources to the places where it was needed most. During the summer, while looking through the Vivid dashboard, we noticed areas with apple counts that were too high. With this information, we went to those specific areas and hand thinned the trees."

"When we’re thinning, we scan the blossoms and the Vivid XV can tell me how many clusters are out there on each tree. I can look at the data at my desk with my coffee, see I have way too many blossoms on a section of my Ambrosia, as an example, and decide what to mix in my tank for spraying that specific area. With hand thinning, I can get right down to a tree and decide how many apples we need to take off that day. It’s not guess work any more."