Do orchard nets break autonomous farming - or simply force better design?

Nets protect yield and quality. But they also create a new operating environment for unmanned ground vehicles and aerial systems. Here are the friction…

Feb 13 • Ken Treloar

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Workers Aren’t Being Replaced; They’re Being Repositioned

Farm tech isn’t replacing workers; it’s reducing admin drag and upgrading roles. Field vs coordination labour, smart apps, tech stacks, and resilience.

Feb 11 • Ken Treloar

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Syntropic Agricultural and Commercial Farming

Can syntropic agriculture scale in commercial farming without turning into chaos? This post breaks down syntropic principles (succession…

Feb 10 • Ken Treloar

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Was 2025 the Year of “Risk-First” Innovation?

From crop protection to decision-support... AgTech launches in 2025 prioritised durability, resistance management, and downside protection over bold…

Feb 5

UAV Data in Macadamia Orchards; Turning Variability into Margin

How drone-derived, per-tree insights can help macadamia farmers move from blanket decisions to targeted action, protecting margin in a volatile season.

Feb 4 • Ken Treloar

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November 2025

Bio-Circular Avocado Value Chains: Turning waste into inputs and energy for rural enterprises

A story from Uganda: from fruit to fertiliser, from seed to fuel. Nothing is wasted.

Nov 19, 2025 • Ken Treloar

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From Pixels to Priorities: Using Drone Surveys to Manage Your Orchards

Map-layer, zonal, and per-plant views that move you from seeing to doing; turning surveys into targeted scouting, timely interventions, and year-on-year…

Nov 17, 2025 • Ken Treloar

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Why are UAVs the Perfect Platform for Mapping?

How Gimbal Stabilisation and the Nature of Drones Make RGB Drone Imagery Work: Sharper Maps, Reliable Per-Tree Insights, Better Orchard Decisions

Nov 10, 2025 • Ken Treloar

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October 2025

Kindle Preorders Open: Drone Data Metrics for Orchard Farming - Launching Nov 20th.

Drone Data Metrics for Orchard Farming - A practical guide for trees and vines using NDVI, NDRE, thermal and canopy data... to turn maps into decisions.

Oct 21, 2025 • Ken Treloar

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The Drone Advantage for Perennial Crops: Hardware, Sensors, and AI-Smart Outputs

A quick guide to choosing the right drone data strategy, sensor payloads, and data metrics for orchards and vineyards - from map layers to per-tree…

Oct 16, 2025 • Ken Treloar

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Aerobotics in Africa: Practical Tools for Smarter Farming

From the orchard to the export line; why early, accurate data still wins

Oct 14, 2025 • Ken Treloar

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September 2025

Managing Growth and Variance: The Drone Advantage with Canopy Metrics

Smarter orchard management starts with drone canopy data.

Sep 29, 2025 • Ken Treloar

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