# Croptimus by Fermata Tech – full content export Verified outcomes: 30% Decrease in Crop Loss, 50% Less Routine Scouting, 25% Lower Treatment Costs. *Results may vary depending on crop type, growing conditions, camera coverage, and team response time.* This document is the concatenated body of every published MDX entry in our content collections. Format: each entry has a "## " heading, a one-line "**Source:** <collection>/<id>" attribution, and the raw MDX body (no further escaping). # pages ## Cookie Policy **Source:** pages/cookie-policy How cookies and browser storage are used on the Fermata website (fermata.tech), what types we set, and how to control or disable them. <Container width="text" space="section"> ## Cookie Policy **Last updated:** 2026-06-03 The purpose of this cookie policy ("Cookie Policy") is to inform you about the cookies that are used in connection with the website https://fermata.tech/ ("Website"), owned and controlled by Fermatagro Technology LTD. 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This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains how information about you is collected and used by the Website, which is developed and operated by Fermatagro Technology LTD. ("we", "us", "our"). We are committed to complying with applicable data protection laws, including the EU and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and the Canadian Standards Association's Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information and Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. The Website is not directed to website visitors under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect information or data from children under the age of 18 or knowingly allow minors under the age of 18 to use the Website. This Policy may be amended from time to time. We will post any change to this Policy on our Website at a reasonable time in advance of the effective date of the change, and we will also make efforts to proactively notify you by email of the changes if we have your email address. ## Contact us If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this Policy or our processing of your personal information, please contact us at info@fermata.tech. ## What we collect and why | Scenario | Purposes | Categories of information processed | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Contacting us with an inquiry, booking a demo with us, providing us with feedback and reviews through our email or our online contact form | Responding to your inquiry, demo request and our business development. Responding to your feedback and reviews, our business development. | Your full name, email address, role in the company, the subject of your inquiry and the text of your message. You may also optionally provide your company name, country/region and phone number. | | Use of cookies on the Website | Facilitate a Website feature that the user specifically requested, analyze the Website usage to evaluate and improve its performance, improve user experience on the Website, inform and serve personalized ads more relevant to user interests. | IP address from which you access the Website, time and date of access, type of device and browser used, language used, links clicked via a mouse or a touch screen, and actions taken while using the Website. | ### Methods and sources for collecting your personal information We collect the personal information from several sources: - when provided to us directly through our email or online contact form; - from our service providers helping us to operate the Website; - through the device you use to access our Website, including through third party cookies and analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, YouTube, Bing, HubSpot and other internal analytics services. You do not have a legal obligation to provide the information that we request. However, if you choose not to provide this information to us, we may not be able to process your feedback, respond to your inquiry or demo request, and you may not be able to use some of our Website functionalities. ### Sharing your personal information We will not share your information with third parties, except in the events listed below or when you provide us with your explicit and informed consent. | Scenario | Purposes | Examples of third parties involved | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | We will share your information with our service providers who assist us with the internal operations of the Website. These companies are authorized to use your personal information in this context only as necessary to provide these services to us and not for their own promotional purposes. | Operating the Website and our business. | AWS, Cloudflare. Subject to the following additional policies: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/ and https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/. | | If you abused your rights to use the Website or violated any applicable law while doing business with us. | Responding to, handling, and mitigating suspected violations of law in connection with our business. | Competent authorities, legal counsels, and advisors. | | If a judicial, governmental, or regulatory authority requires us to disclose your information. | Complying with a binding request from a competent authority. | Competent authorities. | | If the operation of the Website or our business is organized within a different framework, or through another legal structure or entity. | Enabling a structural change in the operation of the Website and our business. | The target entity of the merger or acquisition, legal counsels, and advisors. | ### Data retention and security We retain your information for as long as needed to operate the Website, and thereafter as needed for record-keeping matters. We will retain your information for as long as needed to operate the Website. Thereafter, we will still retain your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, establish, and defend legal claims and enforce our agreements. The overall period of retention is approximately 7 years. We implement measures to reduce the risks of damage, loss of information and unauthorized access or use of information. However, these measures do not provide absolute information security. Therefore, although efforts are made to secure your personal information, there is no guarantee that it will be immune from information security risks. ### Additional information for individuals in the EU or UK #### Controller, GDPR and UK representatives Fermatagro Technology LTD. is the data controller of the personal information collected via the Website. | Role | Name | Address | | ---------------------- | -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | UK GDPR Representative | Fermatagro Technology LTD. | Koumantarias & Spyrou Araouzou, Tonia Court II, 7th Floor, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus | #### International data transfers To facilitate processing your information through the Website and by our service providers, we will transfer your information to countries outside the EU or the UK. We do so only to countries which are recognized by the European Commission as having adequate protection for personal data, or under the terms of a data transfer agreement which contains standard data protection contract clauses with adequate safeguards determined by the EU Commission and UK Information Commissioner's Office. #### Legal basis for processing your personal data | Purpose or scenario | Legal basis | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Responding to your inquiry, demo request or feedback and reviews | Our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry, demo request, feedback or review and our business development. Our legitimate interest in developing and enhancing our business and the Website. | | Necessary cookies | Our legitimate interests in providing you with the Website. | | Analytics, marketing and performance cookies | Consent. | | Responding to, handling, and mitigating suspected violations of law in connection with our business | Legitimate interests in defending and enforcing against violations and breaches that are harmful to our business. | | Complying with a binding request from a competent authority | Legitimate interests in complying with mandatory legal requirements imposed on us. | | Enabling a structural change in the operation of the Website and our business | Legitimate interests in our business continuity. | #### Data subject rights If you are in the EU or the UK, you have the following rights under the GDPR: - **Right to Access** and receive a copy of your personal information that we process. - **Right to Rectify** inaccurate personal information we have concerning you and to have incomplete personal information completed. - **Right to easily and at any time withdraw your consent** to the use of non-essential cookies on our Website. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. - **Right to Data Portability**, that is, to receive the personal information that you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another person or entity. Where technically feasible, you have the right to have your personal information transmitted directly from us to the person or entity you designate. - **Right to Object** to our processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interest. However, we may override the objection if we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds, or if we need to process such personal information for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. - **Right to Restrict** us from processing your personal information (except for storing it): (a) if you contest the accuracy of the personal information (in which case the restriction applies only for a period enabling us to determine the accuracy of the personal information); (b) if the processing is unlawful and you prefer to restrict the processing of the personal information rather than requiring the deletion of such data by us; (c) if we no longer need the personal information for the purposes outlined in this Policy, but you require the personal information to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) if you object to our processing based on our legitimate interest (in which case the restriction applies only for the period enabling us to determine whether our legitimate grounds for processing override yours). - **Right to be Forgotten.** Under certain circumstances, such as when you object to our processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interest and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information. However, notwithstanding such request, we may still process your personal information if it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the channels listed in this Policy. When you contact us, we reserve the right to ask for reasonable evidence to verify your identity before we provide you with information. Where we are not able to provide you with the information that you have asked for, we will explain the reason. Subject to applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. If you are in the EU, then according to Article 77 of the GDPR, you can lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement of the GDPR. If you are in the UK, you can lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). ## Additional information for individuals in California If you are an individual residing in California, we provide you with the following information pursuant to the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). This is also the information we have collected in the past 12 months. ### Personal information we collect | Categories of personal information | Specific types collected | Source of information | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | | Identifiers | Real name, IP address and email address. | The consumer themselves. | | Other personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual | Telephone number. | The consumer themselves. | | Internet or other electronic network activity information | Internet or other electronic network activity information. | The consumer's device. | | Geolocation data | Country/region (optional). | The consumer themselves. | | Professional or employment-related information | Company name, role. | The consumer themselves. | ### Business purposes for which the personal information is used The following are the business or commercial purposes for which we use each category of personal information (Identifiers; other personal information that identifies an individual; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; professional or employment-related information). Details about the information we collect for each category are provided in the table above, and more details about business or commercial purposes are provided in the section titled "What we collect and why". - Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards. - Helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer's personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes. - Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. - Short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, nonpersonalized advertising shown as part of a consumer's current interaction with the business, provided that the consumer's personal information is not disclosed to another third party and is not used to build a profile about the consumer or otherwise alter the consumer's experience outside the current interaction with the business. - Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. - Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by the business. ### Sharing and disclosing to third parties The chart below explains the personal information we disclosed in the preceding 12 months. It also explains the personal information we shared for online behaviorally targeted ads in the preceding 12 months. Other than this, we have not disclosed your personal information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months. We do not have actual knowledge that we share the personal information of consumers under 18 years of age for online behaviorally targeted ads, or that we sell personal information of consumers under 18. | Categories of personal information | Third parties to whom we disclose, and the business or commercial purpose | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Identifiers; other personal information that identifies an individual; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; professional or employment-related information; inferences | Competent authorities, legal counsels, and advisors if you abused your rights to use the Website or violated any applicable law in the course of doing business with us. Judicial, governmental, or regulatory authority if they require us to disclose your information. Target entity of the merger or acquisition, legal counsels, and advisors if the operation of the Website or our business is organized within a different framework, or through another legal structure or entity. | | Internet or other electronic network activity information; inferences | Sharing with advertising networks for online behaviorally targeted ads. | ### Your rights if you are a resident of California #### Notice of the right to opt-out using the opt-out preference signal You have a right to opt-out of sharing your personal information for behavioral targeted ads. You can exercise this right by using the opt-out preference signal. We process the opt-out preference signal if it is sent by your browser in accordance with the "Global Privacy Control". For more information on how to install and implement the Global Privacy Control, please visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/#download. If you turn on this Global Privacy Control in your browser, we will receive the signal, process it in a frictionless manner, and treat it as a request to opt-out of the use of your personal information for behavioral-targeted ads. The opt-out request is specific to the browser in which you have it turned on. It is effective as an opt-out request only while you use that browser to visit our Website. #### Knowing the personal information we collect about you You have the right to know: - The categories of personal information we have collected about you. - The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected. - Our business purpose for collecting personal information. - The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information, if any. - The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you. #### Right to delete personal data provided by or obtained about you Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will: - Delete your personal information from our records; and - Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records. Please note that we may not delete your personal information if it is necessary to: - Perform a contract between you and the Client. - Help to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer's personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for those purposes. - Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. - Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law. - Comply with the CPRA. - Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with the Client and compatible with the context in which you provided the information. - Comply with an existing legal obligation. We also will deny your request to delete if it proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort, or if another exception to the CPRA applies. We will provide you a detailed explanation that includes enough facts to give you a meaningful understanding as to why we cannot comply with the request to delete your information. #### Right to correct inaccurate personal information If we receive a verifiable request from you to correct your information and we determine the accuracy of the corrected information you provide, we will correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you. In determining the accuracy of the personal information that is the subject of your request to correct, we will consider the totality of the circumstances relating to the contested personal information. We also may require that you provide documentation if we believe it is necessary to rebut our own documentation that the personal information is accurate. We may deny your request to correct in the following cases: - We have a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that your request to correct is fraudulent or abusive. - We determine that the contested personal information is more likely than not accurate based on the totality of the circumstances. - Conflict with federal or state law. - Other exception to the CPRA. - Inadequacy in the required documentation. - Compliance proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. We will provide you a detailed explanation that includes enough facts to give you a meaningful understanding as to why we cannot comply with the request to correct your information. #### Protection against discrimination for exercising these rights You have the right to not be discriminated by us for exercising the rights granted to you under applicable law. If you exercise your rights, we cannot: - Deny you services. - Charge different prices or fees for services, also through discounts, benefits, or fines. - Provide you a different level or quality of services. - Propose that you receive different prices or tariffs for services. Please note that we may charge a different fee or provide a different level or quality of services, if the difference is reasonably related to the value we gain from your personal information. #### Exercising your rights by yourself or through an authorized agent If you would like to exercise any of your CPRA rights as described in this Policy, please contact us by e-mail at info@fermata.tech. We will ask you for additional information to confirm your identity and for security purposes, before disclosing the personal data you requested, by using a two or three points of data verification process, depending on the type of information you require and the nature of your request. You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. To do so, you need to provide the authorized agent with written permission, and the agent will need to submit proof that they have been authorized by you. We will also require that you verify your own identity. #### Our response to your requests We will respond to your requests within 45 days (or within 90 days, where the law permits, and we determine it necessary considering the complexity and number of the requests you have filed). If we take longer than 45 days, we will inform you of the extension within the initial forty-five-day response period, together with the reason for the extension. We may deny your request in the following cases: - If we believe in good faith, based on reasons which are documented in writing, that your request is fraudulent or is an abuse of your rights under applicable law. - If we conclude that the request is irrelevant, based on all the circumstances at issue. - If it is contrary to federal or state law. - Due to discrepancy in the required documentation. - If the fulfilment of your request turns out to be impossible or involves disproportionate effort. We will provide you with a detailed explanation including sufficient facts, to enable you to meaningfully understand why we cannot fulfil your request. ### Do Not Track We do not currently respond or take any action with respect to web browser "do not track" signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personal data about a user's online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services. </Container> # news ## Unite.AI interview: AI adoption in agriculture and the vision for Croptimus™ **Source:** news/en/2024-03-05-unite-ai-interview Long-form Unite.AI interview on what slows AI adoption in commercial agriculture, where the real wins are, and the road ahead for Croptimus. Unite.AI sat down with the Fermata team for a long-form conversation on **AI adoption in commercial agriculture** – what's working, what's stalling, and where the real wins are emerging. The interview covers: - **What slows AI adoption in agriculture** – and why "operational realism" matters more than benchmark accuracy. - **Where Croptimus is winning today** – daily scouting at zone resolution, earlier detection windows, real budget impact (€16,250 saved in 5 weeks at one Ridge Farms deployment). - **The road ahead** – new crops, new sensor formats, deeper integration with crop protection partners and greenhouse management platforms. - **Forbes 30 Under 30 founder Valeria Kogan** on what convinced her that computer vision could change how growers protect crops. Read more on our [About page](/en/about/), and see the [Croptimus product](/en/product/croptimus/). ## World Economic Forum: Building AI embedded in how food is produced **Source:** news/en/2024-06-12-wef-feature WEF coverage on operational realism in agricultural AI – what it takes for machine learning to land inside real greenhouse workflows. The **World Economic Forum** has covered Fermata's perspective on what _operational realism_ in agricultural AI looks like – the difference between a model that performs in a benchmark and a model that earns its place inside a grower's daily workflow. Key themes from the piece: - **AI must be embedded, not bolted on.** The detection model is only useful if its output integrates with how scouts, agronomists, and operations teams already work. - **Continuous beats periodic.** Daily, structured camera-based scouting produces a richer signal than weekly walks – but only when paired with workflow that surfaces actionable observations. - **Trust is earned per-greenhouse.** Fermata's model improves both globally and per-greenhouse as more data accumulates, raising accuracy on the specific pests, diseases, and crops a particular operation faces. Read more about Fermata's approach to model continuous improvement on our [product overview](/en/product/croptimus/). ## NVIDIA feature: Fermata applies computer vision to sustainability problems in commercial agriculture **Source:** news/en/2024-09-18-nvidia-feature NVIDIA features Croptimus's GPU-accelerated AI inference and its role in pushing commercial agriculture toward continuous, data-driven crop protection. **NVIDIA** has featured Fermata in coverage exploring how AI is being applied to large-scale sustainability problems in commercial agriculture. The piece highlights: - **GPU-accelerated inference** powering real-time crop analysis at scale across greenhouse networks. - A move from periodic manual scouting to **continuous, model-driven monitoring** of every camera-equipped zone, every day. - Concrete grower outcomes – earlier detection windows, lower treatment costs, more targeted interventions. Continuous detection and continuous learning sit at the heart of the technology: as more data is collected from each greenhouse, models improve both at the platform level and per-greenhouse, becoming increasingly accurate for the specific conditions of each operation. See how it shows up in deployment on our [case studies](/en/customers/) page. ## Fermata selected for Microsoft's AI for Good programme **Source:** news/en/2024-12-04-microsoft-ai-for-good One of just 14 companies globally selected for the AI for Good cohort, supporting sustainability in commercial crop production with computer-vision monitoring. Fermata has been selected by **Microsoft** as one of just 14 companies globally to join the **AI for Good** programme – a cohort focused on applying machine learning to large-scale sustainability challenges. For Fermata, the focus is **sustainability in commercial crop production**: enabling growers to detect issues earlier, reduce inputs, and protect yields with continuous computer-vision monitoring. Through the programme, the team gains access to Microsoft AI infrastructure, research collaborations, and a network of mission-aligned organisations – accelerating Croptimus's reach across new crops and geographies. The selection complements Fermata's existing work with Bayer Crop Science, NVIDIA, and Wageningen University & Research – building a partnership network that prioritises real-world impact for growers. ## Fermata wins FLIA Technology Award at Fruit Logistica Berlin 2025 **Source:** news/en/2025-02-15-fruit-logistica-flia Croptimus™ awarded the prestigious Fruit Logistica Innovation Award in the Technology category at Berlin 2025 – one of the world's most important trade shows for fresh produce. Croptimus™ has been recognised at **Fruit Logistica Berlin 2025** with the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award (FLIA) in the **Technology category** – one of the most important international awards in the fresh produce industry. The FLIA jury highlighted Croptimus's role in moving greenhouse pest and disease management from reactive scouting to **continuous, model-driven detection**. Daily monitoring across all camera-equipped zones, paired with detection of 20+ pest and disease classes, gives growers earlier visibility and tighter loops between detection and action. This recognition follows several years of validated commercial deployment across Europe, Canada, and beyond, with 60+ greenhouse projects now running on the platform. Read more on the [Fruit Logistica](https://www.fruitlogistica.com/) site, and see how Croptimus is being used in the field on our [case studies](/en/customers/) page. ## New Croptimus website launches on Astro 5 **Source:** news/en/2026-04-27-bootstrap We rebuilt fermata.tech on Astro 5 with content collections, RSS, and a redesigned greenhouse HUD overlay. Faster, cleaner, more accessible – and ready for the news, blog, and case-study cadence ahead. We pushed a fresh cut of the Croptimus marketing site today. The headline change is structural, not cosmetic: every section that used to be hand-rolled HTML is now a typed Astro component composed from a single Zod schema. ## What changed - **Content collections.** News, blog, and case studies live as MDX in `src/content/`. Adding an article is one new file, no template work. - **Real RSS feeds** for news and blog. If you want updates in your reader, subscribe to [`/en/news/rss.xml`](/en/news/rss.xml) and [`/en/blog/rss.xml`](/en/blog/rss.xml). - **Greenhouse HUD overlay** – corner brackets, drifting crosshair, vertical scan, heat blobs, live counters – rebuilt as a clean reusable component over real footage rather than a baked-in animation. - **Stricter performance budget.** LCP target ≤ 2.0s on 4G, INP ≤ 150ms, CLS ≤ 0.05. JS payload under 150KB compressed. - **Reduced motion respected end-to-end.** All scroll-driven choreography honors `prefers-reduced-motion`. ## What's next Customer case studies from greenhouse pilots, a deep-dive into the detection model release cadence, and a per-segment landing pass for greenhouse, open-field, and integration partners. If you want the live walkthrough on a real run, [book a 30-minute demo](/en/contact/). # blog ## Welcome to the Fermata blog – what we will write about **Source:** blog/en/2026-04-27-welcome A short note on the editorial direction for this blog: agronomist-grade clarity, real numbers, and shipped engineering rather than aspirational marketing. This blog is going to be a working journal – long-form posts on agronomist-relevant topics, technical write-ups on the detection model, and concrete walkthroughs of how growers use Croptimus end-to-end. ## What you should expect - **Pest- and disease-class deep dives.** Each post anchored in the visual signal, the typical confusion classes, and how Croptimus disambiguates. - **Model release notes.** When detection accuracy moves on a class, we will say what changed and why. - **Integrator case studies.** How partners like [TAPKIT](https://tapkit.com) and [YieldComputer](https://yieldcomputer.com) embed daily detections into grower workflows. - **Guest agronomist perspectives.** From the field, with named attribution. ## What you should not expect - Vague AI marketing fluff. We will name models, latency budgets, and miss rates. - Stock photography. Every image will be from a real run. If there's a topic you want us to cover, drop a note via [contact](/en/contact/) – and subscribe to [`/en/blog/rss.xml`](/en/blog/rss.xml) if a reader works for you. # case-studies ## Decibel: from an aphid crisis to a higher share of premium flower **Source:** case-studies/en/decibel External seedlings introduced a severe aphid infestation and early mitigation failed. Continuous digital monitoring turned blanket spraying into targeted biocontrol and lifted high-quality flower yields. ## The problem External seedlings introduced a **severe aphid infestation** that threatened both yield and quality. Early mitigation attempts failed to bring it under control. ## The solution Decibel alternated pesticide fogging with biological controls and added **Croptimus™ digital pest monitoring**: continuous tracking of pest pressure, digital findings cross-validated with human scouting, and targeted application of biological controls. ## The results The aphid infestation was brought **under control**, and the operation shifted from blanket spraying to **targeted treatments** — raising the share of premium-quality flowers. Croptimus is now used for early detection, reducing future risk. > Croptimus™ enables early issue detection, tracks treatment effectiveness, and helps target interventions where they deliver the most impact. > > — Brad Ahern, Operations Manager, Decibel ## Drip Cultivation: +10% yield and fewer losses in the first 6 months **Source:** case-studies/en/drip-cultivation Deploying the Croptimus platform for early detection of spider mites, powdery mildew, botrytis and nutrient or mechanical issues lifted saleable output and cut plant losses within two quarters. ## Overview For Drip Cultivation, maintaining high standards is critical — any imbalance can reduce yield and quality. The company deployed the **Croptimus™ IPM platform** across its facility. ## Primary objectives Early detection of key threats — **spider mites, powdery mildew, and botrytis** — plus identification of **nutrient deficiencies and mechanical damage**. ## Result in the first 6 months - **+10% average yield increase** - **−14% reduction in plant losses** per harvest cycle - Saleable output up **from 16 to 19 kg per room** - A significant **reduction in manual scouting** and pest-management time, with more time for a clean, stable grow environment > Improved crop performance increased our saleable yield from 16 to 19 kg per room from the first harvest, while enabling early detection of moisture, lighting, and pest issues. > > — Sarah Scott, Owner, Drip Cultivation ## Ridge Farms: ~€16,250 saved by delaying a whitefly treatment by 5 weeks **Source:** case-studies/en/ridge-farms Croptimus data showed whitefly pressure had not reached the intervention threshold. The treatment was postponed; neighbouring growers proceeded as planned and spent the difference. ## A schedule built on assumption Ridge Farms followed a standard whitefly treatment schedule – preventive applications on a calendar cadence regardless of in-field pressure. The schedule worked. Every cycle, regardless. The cost was every cycle of unnecessary intervention added to chemical spend and resistance risk. ## A second opinion in the data The grower piloted Croptimus as a decision-support layer on top of the existing schedule. Cameras already in place over the rows. The model produced daily whitefly counts per zone, surfaced as a single dashboard view alongside the historical baseline. The data didn't say "treat now." It said "not yet." ## 5 weeks of postponement, €16,250 saved Whitefly levels stayed well below the intervention threshold for **5 weeks** longer than the schedule called for. The treatment was postponed; neighbouring growers proceeded as planned. The delay avoided a premature application worth approximately **€16,250 (~€3,250 per hectare)** with no measurable impact on crop health. ## Zabartek: earlier detection of critical issues with 50% fewer scouting visits **Source:** case-studies/en/zabartek Croptimus matched the human scouting team on routine pest detection and flagged a critical pest 3 weeks earlier than the next scheduled inspection. ## A weekly cadence with weekly blind spots Zabartek had a weekly visit cadence from an external scouting team – the industry standard for greenhouse pest monitoring. Reliable, but expensive in both time and money. And blind for six days out of seven. ## Side-by-side benchmark The grower ran Croptimus alongside the existing scouting rounds for a two-month pilot. Cameras over the zones, daily AI detections compared against the human team's weekly reports. No changes to the scouting cadence – Croptimus ran in parallel as a benchmark, not a replacement. ## Three weeks of damage avoided Croptimus matched the external team on every routine detection – and surfaced one critical pest issue **3 weeks earlier** than the next scheduled visit. Three weeks of damage the grower didn't absorb. Post-pilot, Zabartek cut scouting visits by **50 %** without compromising crop health, redirecting the saved hours into other operational priorities. # testimonials ## ahern **Source:** testimonials/ahern ## gabay **Source:** testimonials/gabay ## gafni **Source:** testimonials/gafni ## kissilevich **Source:** testimonials/kissilevich ## sample-grower **Source:** testimonials/sample-grower Placeholder testimonial used until named-grower quotes are approved for publication. Replace with real attribution before public launch.