Napa, CA – Nov. 12, 2024— Scout, a leader in data-driven precision vineyard management solutions, is proud to announce the launch of Scout Gen4 (G4), the industry’s most comprehensive and modern vineyard management data platform, purpose-built for precision viticulture.
Scout G4 delivers a new level of efficiency to vineyard management by delivering AI-supported insights that analyze every vine for performance, health, and profitability. Through its data platform and mobile app, Scout provides a single source of truth for vineyard owners, viticulture teams, and vineyard operation teams, seamlessly integrating automated “deep scan” insights with real-time field notes to ensure that the most critical information is accessible anytime, anywhere.
Scout G4 is purpose-built for Estate Wineries, and Vineyard Management Companies farming 20 acres to 20,000 acres with flexible pricing plans designed to scale with broader adoption.
Empowering Vineyard Operations with AI-Supported Insights
With over 500,000 acres of vineyards in the United States, managed by more than 500 vineyard management organizations and 1,500 independent estate growers, the challenges of modern vineyard operations are significant. Scout G4 addresses these challenges head-on, providing data-driven solutions that enable growers to reduce costs, optimize operations, and ultimately produce better quality grapes.
The unpredictable effects of climate change, labor shortages, and market pressures have made managing vineyards increasingly complex. These factors, combined with traditional methods that can be imprecise and labor-intensive creating inefficiencies, blindspots, and inaccuracies in budgeting and yield estimates. Scout G4 brings a new era of modernized vineyard management, empowering growers to make informed decisions in real-time, saving time and money, and maximizing the potential of every vine.
Transforming Vineyard Management for Greater Sustainability
Scout G4 leverages patent-pending advanced computer vision and purpose built AI agriculture models to:
- Increase efficiency and optimize costs by automating vine counts and vineyard mapping.
- Prolong vineyard viability by monitoring and identifying weak and symptomatic vines to maintain vineyard health and develop virus maps.
- Help rapidly assess red leaf virus risk with a rapid digital test using photographs.
- Optimize vineyard quality, performance and productivity.
- Sharpen yield estimates with precise plant-level insights.
“With unpredictability from climate chaos, labor shortages and changing market demands, there has never been a greater pressure on grape growers to farm smarter, and reduce farming costs while maintaining and increasing quality. We believe the time is right to modernize and optimize vineyard operations, enabling growers to achieve their financial and quality goals more efficiently,” said Kia Behnia, CEO at Scout. “Inaccurate and stale critical data like vine counts, yield estimates and virus counts create blindspots that impact profit margins and vineyard operations. Scout G4 not only helps remove blind spots but also supports growers in navigating the unpredictable challenges that have become more prevalent in recent years.”
“Historically precision agriculture has been very expensive to scale,” said Mason Earles, CTO of Scout “Purpose-built AI models for precision agriculture allows us to deliver vine level insights for vineyards of any size, helping growers make targeted, data-driven decisions that improve vineyard health and yield at a very low cost per plant,providing long term protection for their vineyards.”
This impact is already being felt by Scout’s clients, like Steltzner Vineyards. “A picture is worth a thousand words, and with Scout, we’re getting the whole story for each vine,” said Allison Steltzner. “Scout’s Technology helps us identify patterns early, supporting our commitment to sustaining these vineyards for the next 40 years and beyond.”
By adopting Scout G4, viticulturists and vineyard teams can ensure the long-term sustainability of their vineyards, both in terms of financial viability and ecological health. Scout is committed to helping growers thrive in an increasingly complex agricultural landscape.
About Scout
Scout is an industry leader and a visionary in vineyard management technology, providing data-driven precision viticulture solutions to modernize vineyard operations. With AI-supported insights, Scout empowers growers to make informed decisions that reduce costs, improve efficiency, and maintain the quality and profitability of their vineyards.
For more information about Scout and Scout G4, visit agscout.ai or follow Scout on LinkedIn.
