Grape Forecaster

agCommander for Viticulture

Our association with the viticulture industry goes back a long way.  As far back as 1989 in fact, when we wrote a small application for Tyrell Wines (Hunter Valley, NSW) to manage their soil and petiole test results. 

In 1991 we released a general purpose horticultural program  called “Horris” that was taken up and used successfully by several wine producers and by the South Australian Department of Agriculture  Horticultural Research Stations to manage projects including viticulture research projects at Nurioopta in the Barossa Valley.

In 2002, after successfully rolling out our viticulture solution to many Australian wine producers large and small, we were approached by the Cooperative Research Center for Viticulture  to partner with them to commercialise their various software packages. Then a couple of years later we were approached by  the Victorian Department of Primary Industry, the Grape and Wine Research Development Corporation to tirn their spreadsheet based Grape Forecaster system into a useable application (See below).

For more information on our history and success in the viticulture sector, click here. 

Today agCommander is used to manage vineyards around the world. It is very easy to set up agCommander to run in Viticulture Mode.  It’s as easy as ticking the “Viticulture Mode”  tick box when setting up your company details.

“At ANAIA Wines in Agrelo, Mendoza, Argentina, we manage 57 hectares of vineyards, and gCommander has truly become essential to our daily operations. We can now accurately record all tasks in an organized manner, which makes it easy to monitor operational costs in real time. This level of insight has been key in optimizing our processes and improving efficiency across every sector of the vineyard.

 
With the support of the agCommander team, we’ve integrated all our data into a Power BI dashboard, enabling a clear and segmented analysis of our operations.
 

Additionally, we implemented the GrapeForecaster module for yield estimation, which delivered very positive results. The platform offers a wide range of reports that we now use daily, making it an indispensable part of our vineyard management.”

Emiliano Caetano – Ing. Agrónomo

Grape Forecaster

 
 
Scientifically based grape yield forecasting made easy … and in the cloud for ease of access and sharing of results!
Use Grape Forecaster to set up sampling tasks on your office computer, then either:
 
Collect data in the vineyard using iOS or Android tablets or smartphones and upload to your Grape Forecaster account in the cloud or … Print out a data collection sheet and enter the data into the Grape Forecaster later
Grape Forecaster is a joint venture project of the Victorian Department of Primary Industry, the Grape and Wine Research Development Corporation and agCOMMANDER. Grape Forecaster ~ used and proven by Australia’s major wineries and used worldwide since 2004.
Grape Forecaster’s features enable you to:
  • Sample and forecast over multiple vineyards and patches
  • Generate your sample sites without bias (or use your existing sample sites if you prefer)
  • Enter your data and adjust the sampling to meet accuracy targets in the vineyard
  • Keep all your data in one database and manage it easily
  • Produce your forecasts using a large range of scientifically-proven methods
  • Evaluate and analyse your performance
  • Store your historical data and use it to continually improve your forecasting
  • Produce professional-quality reports and graphs
  • Export your data in spreadsheet format or as PDF
  • Metric and Imperial measurements can be used
 
CLICK HERE TO START YOUR GRAPE FORECASTER TRIAL