Are you concerned about crop load management on your farm? Industry has taken note and you may have more tools for making management decisions in the future. "One of the challenges expressed by growers is that there still is a lot of manual time measuring and counting blossoms, fruitlets and apples, which is not only time-consuming, but it is subject to inconsistencies and different views depending on the staff input," said Jenny Lemieux, CEO of Vivid Machines, one of three companies trialing precision mapping and remote sensing tools this summer in New York. In addition to Vivid Machines, Farm Vision and Fruit Scout are also conducting on-farm trials.