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West Lafayette, Indiana and Bloomington, Illinois \u2013 August 30, 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Solinftec, a global leader in agricultural digitalization, has today announced that it is expanding its Solix Ag Robotics offerings. In addition to its Solix Scouting robot, the company has unveiled its Solix Sprayer robot designed to detect and spray weeds. In partnership with the award-winning manufacturing, research, and development company, McKinney Corporation<\/a><\/span>, who will produce and manufacture the Solix spray robot, this new cutting-edge technology is slated to become commercially available in 2023 to the entire agricultural market including farmers, cooperatives, and ag-retailers.<\/p>\n \n \u201cSolinftec\u2019s partnership with McKinney Corporation will positively impact our ability to market and deliver Solix Ag Robotics by consolidating Solix's scalability and accelerating service to the -North American markets,\u201d shared Leonardo Carvalho, Solinftec\u2019s director of operations. \u201cIt also supports Solinftec's goal of making this technology available globally.\u201d<\/p>\n \n A leading innovator and pioneer in the AgTech space, and champion for sustainable farm practices, Solinftec has designed its scouting and sprayer robots to help producers reduce their chemical inputs and deliver a lower carbon footprint and environmental impact.<\/p>\n \n The new Solix Sprayer robot will provide autonomous and sustainable spot-spray applications on grower\u2019s fields. Similar to the Solix Scouting robot, the spray robot is powered by four solar panels that control the drive system and the spray system while providing reports on crop populations, weed identification and densities, disease identification and thresholds, insect identification and thresholds, nutrient deficiency identification and densities, NDVI among other layers of maps for data analysis, and much more useful data to the grower virtually 24\/7.<\/p>\n The Solix spray robot will provide weed spot-spray maps with analysis on inputs saved and can services up to 100 acres per day depending on the field shape and terrain.<\/p>\n \n With a goal to change agriculture in order to transform the world, the need and priority to feed the world on a larger scale with a smaller impact has made Solinftec seek out new ways to reimagine agriculture. A Brazil-founded company with its U.S. offices in Indiana, Solinftec is revolutionizing how farmers run their business with end-to-end mission critical solutions, generating up to 95% efficiency improvements by turning data into action. With more than 15 years of experience developing digital ag solutions throughout various geographies and crops around the world, the Solix Ag Robotics, connected and integrated with Solinftec\u2019s innovative ALICE AI platform, works together to orchestrate machine operations and calculates producers\u2019 ultimate needs and objectives and delivers real-time actionable recommendations and actions in a more eco-friendly way.<\/p>\n \n \u201cSolinftec focuses on really solving structural problems in agricultural management and offers\u00a0 solutions that truly promote low-impact agriculture and not only measure or certify the footprint but offers a real solution to reduce your impact,\u201d shared Carvalho. \u201cWeed detection is a leading issue in fields across the North America and the Solix Sprayer is designed to not only monitor and scan fields like the original scouting version, but detect and manage weeds with technology which allows the device to spot-spray into the plant instead of from above, eliminating drift and soil compaction caused by larger machines and help lower environmental impact.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Pilots for the Solix models are currently running in North America in partnership with the ag cooperative GROWMARK, Purdue University in the U.S., and Stone Farms and University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, SK, Canada.<\/p>\n \n In Brazil, the Solix Scouting robot has been manufactured and produced by cutting-edge electronics manufacturing service company, Hi-Mix Eletr\u00f4nicos<\/a><\/span> and has been commercially available since last April.<\/p>\n \n \"Since the beginning, we have identified a strong culture in Solinftec to the agriculture market, investing heavily in R&D, plus a determination for quality, flexibility and agility for the best time to market,\u201d shared Daniel Carvalho, co-founder Hi-Mix Eletr\u00f4nicos S\/A. \"Hi-Mix is proud to work with Solinftec, a company always looking for state-of-the-art in its products and solutions.\"<\/p>\n \n \n \n About Solinftec: <\/strong>Solinftec is a technology provider built exclusively for agriculture. Across 22 million acres and growing, Solinftec\u2019s technology captures greater value in every corner of the field. Today, customers can predict upcoming conditions, solve problems and plan with efficiency previously unseen in agriculture. Solinftec, which is headquartered in Aracatuba, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil and West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, was founded in 2007 and now employs more than 800 individuals globally. As the operating system of the farm, Solinftec connects dots across the field and into the future. For more information, visitsolinftec.com.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n Angela Tuell, angela@commredefined.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u200b<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AgTech Leader Solinftec Unveils New Solix Sprayer Robot Solinftec continues to revolutionize sustainable farm practices West Lafayette, Indiana and Bloomington, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9261,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" The investment will help Solinftec expand its digital farm operations platform leveraging real-time data to make farming practices more efficient, sustainable, and resilient to changing weather and climate conditions.<\/em><\/p> WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana and NEW YORK, New York<\/strong> \u2013 May 2, 2022 \u2013 Solinftec, one of the world\u2019s largest independent precision agriculture companies, has secured a $60 million growth investment round led by the Lightsmith Group. The investment will enable the company to further expand its digital farm operations platform in North America and South America. Lightsmith is joining existing investors in the company, Unbox Capital, which also participated in the round, and Circularis Partners (TPG ART). Additional undisclosed investors are also participating in the round.<\/p> Solinftec\u2019s digital farm operating system is used to manage more than 27 million acres in Brazil, the United States, and across Latin America, by growers, cooperatives, and agricultural retailers for field crops such as sugarcane, soy, corn, and cotton, and perennial crops such as citrus, coffee, and timber. Solinftec serves 85% of Brazilian sugarcane growers, the top 5 grains producers in Brazil, and GROWMARK, one of North America\u2019s largest agricultural cooperatives. The company is based in Aracatuba, Brazil and West Lafayette, Indiana, and has more than 700 employees worldwide.<\/p> Since 2007, Solinftec has been developing solutions to solve the practical challenges faced by growers in managing their complex farming operations. The company deploys sensors, computers, and displays in farm equipment to provide customers with a rich set of real-time, in-field data on crops, equipment, inputs, and weather conditions. Solinftec\u2019s farm operations management software, powered by its artificial intelligence platform, ALICE AI, allows customers to optimally schedule and plan their farming operations and to make real-time decisions and adjustments to ensure the best, real-world results. ALICE AI is an integrated, end-to-end farm operations management platform covering all key operations and equipment on farms, including planting, spraying, harvesting, and tendering. Solinftec recently added to its farm operations management platform with the launch<\/a> of its robot to autonomously scan and monitor fields, providing farmers and agronomists with a new level of data to further increase yields, avoid wasted inputs, and lower environmental impacts.<\/p> Lightsmith\u2019s investment is part of its focus on investing in growth-stage climate resilience solutions companies \u2013 technology companies in agriculture and food, energy, water, finance, and supply chains that can help to assess and manage the increased risks and impacts from climate change. \u201cAs climate change and other disruptions continue to put pressure on agricultural productivity and food costs, we need to scale solutions that can help farmers increase productivity per acre while reducing input usage and increasing their responsiveness to changing climate and weather conditions,\u201d notes Sanjay Wagle, Managing Director at the Lightsmith Group. \u201cWe are excited to partner with Solinftec in their next stage of growth to become the \u2018operating system\u2019 for intelligent, sustainable, and resilient farming.\u201d<\/p> \u201cDisruptive technology, in other words, artificial intelligence, data, and automation, can help the agricultural sector overcome its biggest challenge: to produce more food in every square meter of land, with less impact,\u201d said Solinftec CEO Britaldo Hernandez. \u201cOur mission is to give each farm a sustainable future, promoting the accessibility of technologies to producers and transforming agriculture into a more productive practice, while preserving the planet,\u201d he added.<\/p> About Solinftec:<\/strong><\/p> Solinftec is a technology provider built exclusively for agriculture. Across 27 million acres and growing, Solinftec\u2019s technology captures greater value in every corner of the field. Today, customers can predict upcoming conditions, solve problems and plan with efficiency previously unseen in agriculture. Solinftec, which is headquartered in Aracatuba, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil and West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, was founded in 2007 and now employs more than 700 individuals globally. As the operating system of the farm, Solinftec connects dots across the field and into the future. For more information, visit www.solinftec.com<\/a>.<\/p>