Yield forecasting and harvest optimisation with Polybee

Come and see the latest

Polybee uses autonomous drones and AI to capture crop images and provide growers with yield forecasts, crop health data, and harvest optimisation insights through an interactive dashboard.

VegNET Tas welcomes the Polybee team to Hagley, Tasmania to showcase their technology, which is already being trialled in broccoli and spinach crops, along with protected cropping lines (tomatoes & strawberries).

What does Polybee do?

The technology captures crop data through autonomous drones and AI analysis to provide growers with:

• Yield forecasts and insights on when to harvest

• Crop health assessments

• Plant stand counts and leaf size measurements

• Data for harvest planning and resource optimisation (such as labour)

• Autonomous pollination for protected cropping

Join us to find out more about how Polybee technology works and what is looks like. You'll also have the opportunity to ask questions.

Agenda:

4:00pm - Check in & biosecurity boot-bath

4:15pm - Event kick off

4:20 - 5:20pm- Polybee in-field demonstration and dashboard presentation

5:20 - 5:45pm - Q&A

5:45 - 6:00pm - Event closes

6:00 - 7:00pm - Dinner & catch ups (optional)

This event has been supported with contributions from the Tas Farm Innovation Hub: check out their 2024 Tasmanian Ag-tech Guide.

This event precedes the 2026 TAPG Ag Innovation Expo on Wednesday 22 April, 9am - 4pm. Polybee will also be an exhibitor at the Expo. Register your attendance (free) at the expo here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/ag-innovation-expo-2026-tickets-1983329166928

VegNET is the national vegetable and onion industry extension program with funding from Hort Innovation using the vegetable and onion research and development levy and contributions from the Australian Government. VegNET Tasmania is delivered by RM Consulting Group (RMCG).