Farming TOP SOUTH
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Collingwood Takaka Motueka Karamea
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CIRCULATING TO 14,500 RURAL PROPERTIES IN MARLBOROUGH, TASMAN, NELSON AND WEST COAST
NOVEMBER 2024
Team Toby Randall Top of the South Rural
“New ideas, Old school values!” TOBY RANDALL
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www.tobyrandall.co.nz
Kiwi ingenuity exported around the world ANDREW RITCHIE
Karli, Emma and Chris Murphy with dog Coop, who are using a kiwi-made Artificial Intelligence system on their apple farm. Photo: Andrew Ritchie.
Hectre is a New Zealand company that is bringing AI (Artificial Intelligence) to fruit quality and farm management to 20 countries. The system is being used by Chris and Karli Murphy who grow 18ha of apples near Spring Creek Blenheim. “The software has really simplified the process of harvesting,” says Chris who is able to closely monitor quality control, picker performance, tracking and traceability. The supervisor carries an iPad and printer and staples a waterproof ticket with a QR code to Continued on Page 2.
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