SBIR/STTR Research Award

Real-Time Crop Monitoring System mountable on any Farm Vehicle

Award identifier b304d2395c5e0d95890093883d13bb5debff67132387ecbd904f4dc1512f8b4dAwarding agency Department of Agriculture

Award amount

$650,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase II

Award year

2023

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Agriculture
Branch
Not reported
Recipient company
AGROFOCAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Proposal award date
2023-08-17
Contract end date
2025-08-31
UEI
GDEBPVRXUJB1
Solicitation number
USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009642
Topic code
8.13

Research abstract

Agrofocal has developed a crop monitoring system that can be mounted on any moving farmvehicle. The entire process of collecting the images and operating on those images to extract theinsights is done on the vehicle itself in real-time eliminating the time-consuming process ofuploading images to a central server for processing.The system be completely owned andoperated by the grower themselves without requiring the involvement of the company providingthe technology. This affordable easy to use technology provides the farmer a flexible monitoringschedule reduced labor costs and crop yield prediction. Agrofocal succesfully developed thesystem during Phase I for farm operations. During Phase II the team will conduct field trials toassess the systems ability to determine crop yield and accuracy while monitoring operationalrobustness. In addition the team will evaluate and refine the AI models based on the field trialdata. Succesful completion of the Phase II objectives will set the stage from product launch andcommercialization. Our technology overcomes the limitations of offline monitoring and willbenefit growers shippers crop advisors companies and industry consortiums by providingaffordable real time monitoring of crops to predict yield and identify area of concern within thefields.Our project advances the goals of Topic 8.13 Plant Production and Protection(Engineering).

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2022–2023). Reported award amounts total $825,000. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase II, Phase I

Agencies: Department of Agriculture

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Department of Agriculture

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