xFarm Technologies and Consorzio Agrario del Friuli Venezia Giulia together for an increasingly 4.0 Agriculture

The collaboration between xFarm Technologies and the Friuli Venezia Giulia Agricultural Consortium has started, which will enable farms in Friuli to take advantage of the most advanced technologies in Agriculture 4.0. Three first farms have been selected to start as many pilot projects: Mr Bio Wine that will carry out a sustainability project related to carbon footprint monitoring, the company Croatto Piero SRL that will focus on management efficiency, Staffus Alberto will instead contribute to an important research project on aflatoxins in corn in collaboration with ERSA and University of Udine, Department of Agriculture.

xFarm Technologies, a company specializing in the field ofAgriculture 4.0 and in digitization and sustainability projects for agrifood supply chains, has entered into a new synergy with the Agricultural Consortium of Friuli Venezia Giulia which, with about 2,000 members and more than 18,000 customers, is a fundamental point of reference for regional and national agriculture. Technology, people and constant innovation are the cornerstones of the success of this company, which is the first in size in the area, but above all a leader in the evolution of Friuli's agricultural sector for more than a hundred years.

Thegoal of this partnership is to offer farmers who are members and customers of the Consortium increasingly innovative solutions in AgriTech, so as to enable a reduction in inputs and the adoption of new digital tools, such as sensor technology and farm management systems. At base of the collaboration is the desire to support farmers, making their activities more efficient through 4.0 technologies, for an increasingly efficient and sustainable agriculture.

"The collaboration with xFarm gives us the tools to guide farms through the rapid evolution of the sector, proposing ad-hoc solutions for the specific needs of our territory: added value for wine farms, crop protection and enhancement for arable crops, and greater efficiency and sustainability for all farms, as European directives require of us. This means for us to live up to the responsibility we have towards our members and customers, that is, to increase competitiveness and market presence, aiming to improve the quality of agricultural and livestock production," - says Gino Vendrame, President of the Agricultural Consortium of FVG.

"We are very proud to have entered into this important new partnership. Consorzi Agrari are fundamental realities in our country, because they represent important hubs of innovation for agriculture in the territory. To have a relationship of trust and mutual exchange with a reference point like the FVG Consortium is a source of great satisfaction for us: together we will strive to make advanced technologies and services available to Friuli's agricultural excellence for an increasingly digital, connected and sustainable agriculture. This partnership, moreover, is a demonstration that consortium realities feel the need to expand the services they offer, and it gives us great confidence to know that the FVG Consortium has chosen xFarm Technologies as a partner in this digital transformation journey," - adds Giovanni Causapruno, Head of B2B at xFarm Technologies.

Three pilot projects: Mr. Bio, Croatto Piero SRL and Staffus Alberto the first companies involved

The new collaboration between xFarm Technologies and the Friuli Venezia Giulia Agricultural Consortium now has to its credit the involvement of three farms in the area, for three pilot projects each with a different specific objective. A starting point that aims to demonstrate the benefits of 4.0 technologies to all other consortium members as well.

In fact, Mr. Bio Friul Family Wine(https://misterbiowine.com/) sees the intervention of xFarm Technologies for thewinery's carbon footprint assessment and monitoring activities. Through xFarm Technologies' platform and in-field sensors, all farm operations will be recorded and monitored. xFarm Technologies, in fact, uses certified modeling and calculators, in accordance with ISO14040, to attribute the carbon footprint of each activity in the field. This will be possible by comparing yields, agronomic strategies, environmental conditions and other agronomic parameters. In this way, the farm will be able to identify the most virtuous agricultural practices with a view to improving the sustainability of production.

The company Croatto Piero SRL(https://www.croattosrl.it/), which specializes in contracting activities designed for the needs of agricultural and wine companies in the Friuli region, will be involved by xFarm Technologies in a digitalization project aimed at theefficiency of the company and the services offered. xFarm In fact, Technologies will support Croatto Piero SRL at the management level, through the implementation of the platform xFarm, thanks to which the company will in fact be able to manage more efficiently both the related machinery and the reporting of field activities, thus being able to provide complete and accurate processing reports to client farms. Croatto Piero SRL will also have access to DSS (Decision Support Devices) and forecasting models that will enable a more thoughtful and sustainable use of agronomic inputs - such as water and plant protection products.

The third entity involved is Staffus Alberto , which will contribute to an important project of ERSA and in collaboration with the University of Udine. The subject of the study is aflatoxins, mycotoxins generated by fungi whose development is closely related to infestations of corn borer, an insect whose larvae cause important damage in the caryopsis of corn. The main crop analyzed will be precisely that of Corn, through the installation by xFarm of meteorological stations, leaf wetness sensors, and traps for remote monitoring of insects, to allow the detection of the phenological stages of the crop and the degree of susceptibility to plant diseases. All with the processing of collected data through an Artificial Intelligence system.