The Challenge
Accurately sizing potatoes during harvest and storage is crucial for packaging, planning, and ensuring a consistent marketable yield. Traditional sizing methods offered limited real-time insight, making it harder to optimize decisions in the moment.
The Solution
To solve this, Alsum Farms equipped its harvesters and storage pilers with HarvestEye, a tablet-based vision system that sizes potatoes directly on the conveyor line. HarvestEye delivers time-stamped and GPS-based reports, giving agronomists immediate visibility into size distribution and expected yield as potatoes move from field to storage.
The Results
The integration of HarvestEye has led to smarter and more proactive planning, with real-time size data enabling the team to forecast marketable yield with greater accuracy. This improved visibility has strengthened packaging decisions and enhanced inventory management across harvesting, storage, and distribution. As a result, Alsum Farms has gained greater operational efficiency, reduced manual guesswork, and elevated product consistency further reinforcing its commitment to innovation in modern potato farming.
