Mucci Farms Implements New IPM and Yield Assessment Tool

Posted by Brian Sparks|March 17, 2021

Mucci Farms, a Kingsville, Ontario-based greenhouse vegetable producer with facilities in both Canada and the U.S., has implemented ecoation’s OKO Immersive in its Ontario operations. In addition to the launch of the new OKO Immersive solution at Mucci Farms, the companies have signed an agreement to pursue product development research in Mucci Farms’ Ontario greenhouse facilities.

Mucci Farms’ expansive facilities and diverse crop selection provide the ideal environment for ecoation to launch its tested commercial products and take major strides towards developing future ones, according to a statement from ecoation. The primary research objective aims to fine-tune the functionalities of ecoation’s future precision treatment solutions with the insights of one of North America’s most prominent and reputable agriculture producers.

Since commercial deployment in 2019, ecoation has compiled information on 18 months of field operation experience in greenhouses around the world. These lessons were distilled into hardware upgrades launched this past December, allowing the new OKO platform to deliver in three key solution areas (IPM, Yield Production Assessment, and Crop Work) and be easily accessible with deployment options for existing greenhouse carts. The OKO Immersive platform launching in Mucci Farms facilities provides plant health measurements and includes new features like a completely immersive 360 8K view of the greenhouse and low latency data exchange capabilities.

“We are very excited about our collaboration with Mucci Farms. It is one of the most proactive and modern greenhouse companies in the world, making this a natural place for us to deploy our bleeding-edge technology,” says ecoation founder and CEO, Dr. Saber Miresmailli. “Mucci Farms is a technology pioneer that is defining new standards in the industry. To have the company as both a customer of existing ecoation technology and research collaborator on our future developments gives ecoation firsthand insight into the future of farming and informs us on how we can play a role in its formation and advancement. Our Human+Machine platform can significantly benefit from collaboration with the amazing team at Mucci Farms who are masters of their craft and among the best in the industry.”

“At Mucci Farms, our goal, first and foremost, is to find the best solutions that allow us to efficiently provide consumers with consistent, fresh, flavorful fruits and vegetables,” says Bert Mucci, CEO of Mucci Farms. “We meet these goals with a strong emphasis on research and development, which is one of the main pillars of our company, and we are excited to partner with ecoation to further our efforts to advance the greenhouse industry.”