Agricultural businesses are becoming increasingly complex and must comply with stricter regulations, higher sustainability goals and increasing demands from customers. At the same time, the amount of available data is growing exponentially. Without smart technology, it becomes difficult to keep all this data clear and extract actionable insights from it. AI offers a solution here by automatically making connections and spotting important trends.
iCrop automatically collects, analyzes and translates data into practical insights. But how does that work concretely?
1. Smarter crop development forecasting
AI in iCrop combines current plot data, historical crop rounds and weather forecasts to make accurate predictions about crop development. Think of predictions about growth stages, harvest times and potential risks such as disease pressure and drought. This enables you as a crop manager or consultant to act proactively, rather than reacting after the fact.
2. Automatic notifications for risks.
AI automatically notifies you as soon as significant deviations occur, such as a sudden increase in disease pressure or a deviation in soil conditions. So you get real-time alerts and can respond immediately, reducing damage and yield losses.
3. Smarter scheduling of tasks
AI in iCrop continuously monitors the situation in the field. This allows you to adjust the scheduling of work based on current conditions. This means that tasks such as irrigation, fertilization and crop protection no longer take place according to a fixed schedule, but only when it is really necessary. For example, if it turns out that the soil still has enough moisture, iCrop gives you the insight to postpone irrigation. This ensures that you deploy resources and labor only when it makes sense, preventing waste, reducing costs and working more efficiently.
4. Automatic and error-free reporting
With AI, time-consuming, error-prone manual reports are a thing of the past. iCrop automatically generates reports based on actual data, giving you accurate information for audits, certifications and management reports at all times.
AI within iCrop is not stuck in theoretical models, but translates directly into practical benefits such as:
At iCrop, AI is not about collecting data alone, but translating it into direct, concrete actions in the field and in the office. With the right data, smartly processed by artificial intelligence, you as a consultant or crop manager can make more informed decisions, move faster and work more efficiently.
Want to know how iCrop can support your business? Discover the possibilities and turn your data into action.
Want to know more about how AI helps to make timely adjustments, work more efficiently and report better to the supply chain? Then read our white paper: “AI in practice: from prediction to planning”.
iCrop is a brand of AppsforAgri B.V.
