Kiwifruit Flowers

Kiwifruit flower picking, counted accurately.

Dataphyll Grow measures flower picking and pollination work the same way it measures fruit: by worker, by row, in real time.

Dataphyll in the orchard
The problem

Flower picking is a short, labour-heavy job with little margin for error.

Male flowers are picked in a narrow window, by large crews, and the volume collected drives the pollination programme that follows. Counting by hand is slow and disputed. Dataphyll Grow captures weight and volume electronically, tied to the picker and the row it came from.

What you get with Dataphyll Grow.

Piece-rate harvesting

Electronic piece-rate capture, accurate to the gram, linked to the worker who picked it.

Timesheets and breaks

Sign workers on and off individually or as a crew. Breaks and top-ups are recorded as they happen.

Quality at the source

Reject rates trace back to the row and the picker, so supervisors can coach the same day.

Tasks and blocks

Assign and manage orchard tasks from any device, and see the cost of each block as work happens.

Payroll integrations

Hours and picked weights flow through to PayHero and Agrismart. No re-keying, no paperwork.

Real-time reporting

Production, yield and labour cost while the harvest is still running, not weeks after it.

Questions growers ask.

Can it record flower volume rather than fruit weight?

Yes. The field station weighs whatever is presented to it and links the result to the worker, the task and the location.

Is the equipment practical for a short campaign?

Installation is simple and fast, and the same hardware carries through to harvest, so a short flowering job is not a standalone investment.

Can we compare crews and contractors?

Productivity is reported by worker, crew and row, which makes contractor performance directly comparable.

"Data-driven decision making is key for us now. With the data we collected last year, we can forecast how many pickers, crew leaders, and scanners we'll need for the next season – we have access to that data, and it's helping us plan ahead."
FP Frank Penaloza People & Capability Manager
CherryHill Orchards
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