Arc™ farm intelligence vs Croptune

FMC’s Precision Agriculture solutions are designed to ensure the right crop protection products are applied exactly where and when they're needed to increase sustainability, optimize yield quality and quantity, and improve efficiencies. Arc™ farm intelligence, an exclusive precision agriculture platform, enables growers and advisors to predict pest pressure more accurately – before it becomes a problem. Engineered with open APIs, Arc™ farm intelligence can easily be plugged into growers’ existing digital ecosystems. And through the power of machine learning, this innovative platform offers a suite of powerful features you need to predict and address emerging pest pressures, including: • Insect Pest pressure forecasting with customized alerts through a mobile app that indicates when and where action is needed in a field • A personalized dashboard with customized summaries and growing degree day models, updated daily to help you understand trends and threshold changes • Reliable data and high-quality graphics, including graphs and heat maps that display insect pressure across crops and regions most important to you • Two-way communication with FMC agronomists

Croptune – Smarter Fertilizing, Right from the Field Just snap a photo of your crops, and Croptune instantly tells you how much nitrogen they really need. No more guessing, no more over-fertilizing. Croptune uses advanced image analysis and big data to give real-time nitrogen insights - straight from the field, in seconds. All results are backed by ISO 17025-certified lab data, so you can trust what you see. Less waste, better yields — with technology made for farmers. Create your own private lab Thanks to Croptune’s easy-to-use method, anyone can have their own laboratory up and running at a click of a button! Croptune saves you precious money and time on costly equipment, hiring experts, and laboratory analysis, while helping you optimize your fertilization protocol according to the actual status in the field. Help protect the environment As any farmer knows, chemical fertilizers can cause serious environmental issues and lead to water, soil, and air pollution. By installing Croptune you will be able to improve your fertilization process and avoid excessive fertilization, thus helping protect the environment while growing healthier produce. How it works? To get started, install the Croptune app and select your crop type. Croptune is currently calibrated to detect deficiencies and issue recommendations for field crops, including corn, wheat, carrot, cotton, lettuce, pepper, tomato, potato, cucumber, onion, and rice and for orchards, which includes avocado, banana, pear, cherry, peach, nectarine and clementine. Next, select your planting or sawing date and planting season and if necessary, modify the number of plants per area. Define your plot by using 4-8 pinpoints and click on the Camera icon. Croptune will open in live video mode. Click on "Add image" to capture 3-5 pictures of the selected plant. Repeat this process on other plants to improve accuracy. Next, click on the Continue button and you will get your recommendations in seconds. Croptune saves your data so that you can access it at any time and review a specific crop’s history to keep track of the status of your field. Now, sit back and relax while you enjoy maximum yields! The next generation of agriculture is already here! Install Croptune today!