NZ agtech company creates weed-hunting robot

NZ agtech company creates weed-hunting robot
Founder Don Sandbrook (right) began his agtech ventures 30 years ago with an automated seed metering system. (Image: SeedSpider)
Ben Moore
If you were to buy a bag of leafy greens in North America, there is a very good chance that it touched a piece of tech developed in New Zealand.Thirty years ago, Don Sandbrook created a seed metering system that became so successful in North America that it's still used today in about 80% of all salad greens and baby carrots sown in the market.He told BusinessDesk that the success of this seed metering system, known as the SeedSpider, gave him insight into the problems that vegetable growers are looking to solve with tech today.“...

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