“With Vivid we didn’t need to hand thin nearly as much. Looking at the heat maps, we were able to isolate heavier parts of the block, thin more effectively, and move crews along more efficiently.”

“What Vivid gives us is clarity on where to focus our crews and inputs. Instead of guessing, we can see which parts of the block actually need work and then decide the most efficient way to get down to our target crop load - whether that’s hedging, spraying, or hand thinning. The biggest win is being able to plan within real constraints - labor, budget, timing - and still stay in control of crop load.”

“Using Vivid, we were able to recognize early that certain varieties were down by as much as 30% from the previous harvest. Roughly 20,000 bushels under what we expected. So we adjusted by bringing in fewer pickers and working with our marketers to share what we had.”

"Using Vivid’s system to guide variable-rate spraying, we cut spray use by 40–50%. We’re targeting only what’s needed without sacrificing fruit quality."

"With today’s labor challenges and tight budgets, precision matters more than ever. Vivid helped us achieve our crop goals on budget.

What Vivid gives us is clarity on where to focus our crews and inputs. Instead of guessing, we can see which parts of the block actually need work and then decide the most efficient way to get down to our target crop load - whether that’s hedging, spraying, or hand thinning.

As we bring more variable-rate equipment online, that data becomes even more valuable. The goal is to treat each part of the block with the right level of input, giving us more tools to achieve our yield goals with fewer resources.

The biggest win is being able to plan within real constraints - labor, budget, timing - and still stay in control of crop load."

“From mid-July, the fruit growth rate let us adjust our irrigation and fertilizer applications to be able to produce the right size fruit for our markets to get the best returns.”

"We first met Jenny about five years ago when she shared her vision for using computer vision to transform orchard management. We were immediately impressed by how fast and accurately Vivid’s system could count apples—scanning trees at speed and identifying hundreds of fruit per tree.

Over the years, the technology has continued to improve and is now as accurate as manual counting, but nearly 100 times faster. We’ve since recommended Vivid Machines to growers locally and around the world, and the feedback is consistent: the hardware is durable, the software is best-in-class, and the support is excellent.

In a labour-intensive industry where returns depend on getting crop load exactly right, Vivid gives growers early, reliable insight, counting blossoms, buds, and fruit so they can adjust pruning and thinning early and maximise fruit size and returns. The potential of this technology is enormous.”

"When we’re thinning, we scan the blossoms and the Vivid XV can tell me how many clusters are out there on each tree. I can look at the data at my desk with my coffee, see I have way too many blossoms on a section of my Ambrosia, as an example, and decide what to mix in my tank for spraying that specific area. With hand thinning, I can get right down to a tree and decide how many apples we need to take off that day. It’s not guess work any more."