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World Macadamia Nut Day: Celebrating the Legacy, Cultivation & Innovation of Nature’s Gold
A celebration of heritage, health, and high-tech farming for macadamia growers and stakeholders all over the world.
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Ken Treloar
Unlock the Power of Drone Data: The Drone Data eBook
Unlock the power of drone data in agriculture. Learn RGB, NDVI, DEM, and thermal metrics with our new Drone Data Metrics eBook.
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Ken Treloar
Macadamia Market Recovery: Shifts, Challenges, and Opportunities
Global macadamia demand is rising fast - but supply chain bottlenecks, shifting consumption patterns, and AgTech-driven innovation are shaping recovery.
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Ken Treloar
Orchard Stress to Profitability: How Drone Data Guides Smarter Sampling
Precision Sampling with Drones and AI. How to Turn Orchard Variability into Profitable Management Decisions
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Ken Treloar
A Case Study in Margins: The Avocado Block Dilemma
How drone scans revealed hidden truths in avocado orchards; and forced tough decisions on profitability and replanting. The avo agtech edge in action.
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Ken Treloar
From Drone Image to Orchard Action: The Smart Sampling Playbook
How to turn aerial data into high‑ROI orchard management decisions.
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Ken Treloar
Introducing the Avocado Innovation Series
Exploring how AgTech, data, and innovation are shaping the future of avocado farming.
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Ken Treloar
Farmers, Wake Up: AI Won’t Wait While You Hesitate
How AI will decide the winners and losers in farming – and why resisting it could cost farming operations their orchards, their markets, and their…
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Ken Treloar
Cool Trees, Hot Problems: The Thermal Metric Every Farmer Should Be Tracking
Unlocking Transpiration Uniformity: How thermal drone data exposes irrigation flaws, hidden stress, and wasted potential in orchards.
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Ken Treloar
Drone Data Metrics for Orchard Farming
This is a 1 week email mini-course focused on AgTech specific drone data metrics for orchard perennials! Unlock Aerial Insights for Smarter Farming, for…
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Ken Treloar
Seeing Orchards from Above: Why RGB Drone Imagery Still Matters
Unlocking the hidden insights in basic everyday drone images . How RGB aerial data helps farmers spot problems, track change, and improve orchard…
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Ken Treloar
Precision Sampling: Task Management App's
Discover how mobile task management apps transform per-tree sampling with drone data, AI insights, and real-time tracking for yield and quality…
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