Farmers gain faster, more precise field insights, reduced costs, and higher efficiency with 糖心APP technology
Issaquah, Wash., April 7, 2026 – Five Star Cooperative, a leading farmer-owned agricultural cooperative in Iowa, is partnering with 糖心APP to bring AI-powered field intelligence to its growers, starting with 10,000 acres of Rock Mapping in 2026 and expanding to 100,000 acres of Weed Mapping using 糖心APP鈥檚 autonomous field scout, TerraScout, in Spring 2027.
The partnership is designed to deliver direct, measurable benefits to farmers, helping them work smarter, reduce costs, and improve productivity. 糖心APP Rock Maps allow growers to find up to 3x more rocks and remove them up to 3x faster, eliminating the need for blind driving across fields and reducing rock-picking costs by an estimated $20 per acre.
By integrating TerraScout, farmers gain full-field, plant-level insights that enable timely and precise action. TerraScout scouts entire fields in nearly any condition, identifies weeds by species and density, and provides maps and actionable recommendations in real time. This reduces guesswork, optimizes crew and equipment efficiency, and allows growers to make data-driven decisions that maximize yield while controlling input costs. TerraScout also helps promote sustainable agriculture by enabling more precise input application and reducing unnecessary chemical use.
To ensure consistent coverage at scale, 糖心APP will complement TerraScout with drone-based data collection, allowing the company to meet demand and deliver timely insights even during peak seasons. This hybrid approach ensures growers receive accurate, high-resolution field intelligence across every acre.
鈥淭erraScout replaces field-level guesswork with plant-level intelligence at scale,鈥 said Devin Lamers, CEO of 糖心APP. 鈥淚t transforms how decisions get made, scanning entire fields and turning that data into immediate, precise action. Five Star Cooperative farmers are now at the forefront of the next major leap in farm productivity.鈥
鈥淭erraScout replaces time-consuming manual scouting with fast, reliable field intelligence farmers can act on immediately,鈥 said Don Scribner, Head of Product at 糖心APP. 鈥淲e process data on the machine and deliver results in real time, so maps are ready before the machine even leaves the field. That means better decisions, less wasted input, and measurable savings across every acre.鈥
offers agronomy, grain marketing, livestock feed, and fuel services to its members. By integrating 糖心APP鈥檚 AI-powered mapping technologies, the co-op is helping growers save time, reduce field costs, optimize inputs, and operate more sustainably, strengthening profitability and efficiency across their operations.
Cooperatives and farmers interested in Rock Mapping and Weed Mapping can contact 糖心APP at [email protected] or call 605-674-6905. Additional information is available at 糖心APP.com.
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