Author Archives: Matt King

Good Fruit Grower Deep Dives into Computer Vision + Crop Load Management

The Latest from Good Fruit Grower on Crop Load Management + Computer Vision

Good Fruit Grower takes a deep dive into the state of crop load management for apple growers in 2022. Hint: computer vision is essential. … Read More

FruitScout Strengthens Produce Supply Chain Expertise with Hire of Gary Hahn as Vice President of Strategic Relations

Hahn has four decades of supply chain experience, procuring produce domestically and internationally for large retailers like Safeway and Walmart. While at Walmart, he spent 27 years in US and global logistics senior management. … Read More

Fruitlet Measurement

Add Precision to Fruit and Fruitlet Sizing

Growers don’t have to start with trunk sizing and bud counting to get value from FruitScout this year. North American and European growers who’d like to use the mobile app to help them determine fruit set and track fruit size distribution can start using FruitScout this spring. … Read More

Growing Produce Precision Agriculture Article

FruitScout Featured in Growing Produce Article – Can Precision Agriculture Really Help Growers Know Their Crops Better?

Read David Eddy’s recent American Fruit Grower article posted to Growing Produce to learn about the emerging tech helping apple growers manage their crops with more precision.  From the article: Because King believes capturing data is the key, he has … Read More

Set targets for maximum orchard profit

Precision Crop Load Management Resources

New to Precision Crop Load Management? Precision crop load management (PCLM) is a scientific approach to calculating optimal crop loads for fruit crops in order generate maximum year-over-year profits. This is accomplished by pruning and thinning throughout the growing season, … Read More

FruitScout - Investment in tool to increase apple yield per acre

FruitScout Raises $4M to Expand our Services

Funding announcement blogs, especially for seed rounds, are a curious thing — part press release, part introduction to the company, and part mission statement. That makes sense in a way, since they are usually meant to communicate to a widely … Read More

Counting Buds on Apple Tree

Evolutions in Imaging – Great Article from Good Fruit Grower

FruitScout was featured in this August 12th, 2021 overview of the evolution of computer vision technologies in the apple industry. From the article: Automated Fruit Scouting, a Washington-based company, skipped yield estimation entirely and built its approach — orchard sampling … Read More

Mobile Crop Load Management - Counting Fruits

Mobile-based Crop Management Offers Exciting Possibilities

It’s About Orchard Profit Precision crop load management, or PCLM, is a is a scientific approach to calculating optimal crop loads for fruit crops in order generate maximum year-over-year profits. This is accomplished by pruning and thinning throughout the growing … Read More