Kubota invests in plant monitoring technology

Kubota Corporation, an agricultural machinery company from Japan, recently invested in Bloomfield Robotics, Inc., a US-based Agri-tech company Bloomfield Robotics is a company that provides services to monitor plant growth in tree plants. The company uses photographic analysis and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to monitor plant growth and detect pests on grapes, berries, and other plants.

According to Kubota, it has been working on building relationships with various startups with other companies with the aim of delivering solutions to improve efficiency and productivity of horticulture. The services offered by Bloomfield use AI to analyze and evaluate photo crop trees in fields captured by special proprietary cameras and propose appropriate farming methods.

Bloomfield cameras can be installed on any vehicle that can operate on the farm to collect image data on crop conditions such as color, ripeness, fruit size and leaves during operation. AI analyzes, analyzes, and analyzes such image data to suggest pest control methods and timely crop harvesting.

Temporary performance evaluation from data collection (photography) on the proposal provided by these services helps plant growers to take timely action based on pest detection and early yield estimates, greatly assisting horticulturalists to improve yields and reduce. costs.

Kubota said it would enhance the transformation of smart agriculture into horticultural farms by forming an alliance with Bloomfield through investment. These investments have been made jointly as a joint venture with SVG Ventures through its THRIVE Accelerator Program, an accelerated startup program used by SVG Ventures in which Kubota is also known for participating.