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The crop company

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Don’t let those big names give you the wrong impression.
We're a multi-generational 
family company directing our

NASA sensing capabilities back to Earth - Generating
on-demand
prescriptions with precision diagnoses
for the ag professionals who keep fields healthy.

In Your Carhartt Every Step of the Way

American-Made Sensors with Artificial Intelligence Deployed for
Corn, Soy, Wheat, Cotton
| Grapes, Oranges

1. Triage

Cover more ground by prioritizing high-value scouting routes. Continuous satellite monitoring flags zones most likely to need treatment over a week before they become visible – Powered by AI customized to each field with algorithms validated at leading research institutions.

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2. Diagnose

Bring the lab to the field for defensible agronomic diagnoses using our mobile imaging application combined with Spectre® – AGR's patent-pending spectral scanner that sees the invisible chemical signatures of crop affliction with 99% accuracy in controlled field trials.

3. Prescribe

Generate variable-rate prescriptions that spray more where you need it and less where you don’t. ROI analysis built from hundreds of spray trials allows you to boost margins or sharpen your pricing while preserving yield and soil health.

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Know when to roll with AGR’s proprietary mud mapper that weighs weather and soil conditions for optimal path planning so you can get the job done without tows, compaction, or second passes.

4. Access

5. Apply

Fine-tune your satellite prescription with real-time field signatures and AI by upgrading your sprayer with ruggedized IP69K Spectre modules for boots-on-the-ground precision.

 

OEMs and Dealers:

Click here to download AGR's sensor evaluation catalog.

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“This solution will be life-changing, and the sky’s the limit to keep adding value. Even small operations can protect their yield and quality without changing routines”.

Eric Amberg

Regional Farm Bureau President

2nd Generation Owner of Amberg Grapevines

We’re in This for the Long Haul

Stewarding sustainable value for generations of

family operations – Yours, your customers', and ours.

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Francis Pellegrino
CEO | Son

Founded the first lab for ag-optics at the University of Rochester before onshoring an American manufacturer of tractor cameras

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Robert Pellegrino
COO | Father

40-year career building the foundations of AI and the internet with Fortune 500 customers while perfecting indoor horticulture 

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Andrew Thankson
CTO | Best Friend

Son of Ghana's royal agronomist who cultivated his American Dream at Google by pioneering AI for

heavy industry

Click on each photo to learn more about our history of farming and invention.

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Advanced Growing Resources Inc.

+1 (585)-210-3426

1 South Clinton Ave.

Chase Tower

Rochester, NY 14604

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