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Approaching 25 years of progress towards Fusarium headblight resistance in southern soft red winter wheat

"Tremendous progress has been made in variety development and host plant resistance to mitigate the impact of Fusarium head blight (FHB)...

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"The Vibe is my stress relief pills!"

That's what the operations manager exclaimed with a laugh when he walked into the quality lab to say hello. His words caught me off...

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🌾 A Discovery in Quinoa Analysis 🌾

At Vibe Imaging Analytics, we're passionate about advancing grain analysis. A recent discovery with quinoa is a perfect example of how...

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Hello Industrial Hemp

One of the best parts of our journey at Vibe is meeting new people from different locations worldwide, learning about new agriculture and...

Quantifying Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in Wheat Spikes

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Quantifying Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) in Wheat Spikes

When Gary Coukell from ICMS inquired about our ability to analyze wheat spikes for Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) and quantify the level of...

The Rise of Super Grain Blends in Packaged Food Products A Story of Quality and Efficiency

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The Rise of Super Grain Blends in Packaged Food Products A Story of Quality and Efficiency

In today's competitive food market, packaged products featuring super grain blends are experiencing a surge in popularity. These...

IND Hemp developed a digital method to precisely define hemp fiber color in collaboration with Vibe Imaging Analytics

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IND Hemp developed a digital method to precisely define hemp fiber color in collaboration with Vibe Imaging Analytics

Introduction IND Hemp, a Montana-based, family-owned company focused on sustainable industrial hemp seeds, hearts, and fiber, strives to...

The Impact of the Internet on Food Quality

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The Impact of the Internet on Food Quality

In recent months, we've seen food producers increase their focus on analyzing food products for quality from a much broader perspective....

Customer Testimonials Fuel Our Obsession for Customers' Focus

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Customer Testimonials Fuel Our Obsession for Customers' Focus

We always appreciate good feedback, it feels like an energy boost, Sharing Email from Dr. Alvaro Durand-Morat to us, Thank you for the...

Quantitative Data is Key for Grape Breeding! (Dr. Paola Barba)

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Quantitative Data is Key for Grape Breeding! (Dr. Paola Barba)

We welcome Dr. Paola Barba and Jeff Touchman from Sun World International as our newest customers! We are truly grateful for choosing the...

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We Have the Datasets You Want !!!

Every executive in agriculture and food is feeling the pressure to adopt AI and generative AI technologies to enhance efficiency,...

Boost Your FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) with Digital Inspection.

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Boost Your FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) with Digital Inspection.

Digital visual inspection technology can significantly enhance product tracing and record-keeping efforts under the Food Safety...

Exploring and Predicting Genetic Causes of Yield Variation inWinter Wheat

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Exploring and Predicting Genetic Causes of Yield Variation inWinter Wheat

For most economically important plant species, yield is the primary focus of crop improvement, as increasing it increases the amount of...

Investigating the Malting Suitability and Brewing Quality of Different Rice Cultivars

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Investigating the Malting Suitability and Brewing Quality of Different Rice Cultivars

Nineteen globally diverse rice cultivars were analyzed for various chemical parameters important to malting, including germination...

New Research Using the Vibe QM3i to check demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications

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New Research Using the Vibe QM3i to check demand for broken rice and its potential food security implications

The Vibe QM3i used in the research of the Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness in the University of Arkansas and tried to...

36-year study reveals stability of a wild wheat population across microhabitats

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36-year study reveals stability of a wild wheat population across microhabitats

Long-term genetic studies of wild populations are very scarce, but are essential for connecting ecological and population genetics...

Engineering Herbicide-Tolerance Rice Expressing anAcetohydroxyacid Synthase with a Single AminoAcid Deletion

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Engineering Herbicide-Tolerance Rice Expressing anAcetohydroxyacid Synthase with a Single AminoAcid Deletion

The acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) is an essential enzyme involved in branched amino acids. Several herbicides wither weeds via...

Crop Breeding is Like Detective Forensic Work.

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Crop Breeding is Like Detective Forensic Work.

Crop breeding is like detective forensic work. Both require unbiased, accurate, and large amounts of datasets. In crop breeding,...

Marker-assisted forward breeding to develop a drought-,bacterial-leaf-blight-, and blast-resistant rice cultivar

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Marker-assisted forward breeding to develop a drought-,bacterial-leaf-blight-, and blast-resistant rice cultivar

Climate change has drastically affected agriculture and is a major challenge to sustainable rice production. Continuous changes in...

Explore New Research Results Using the Vibe QM3i for Spike & Kernel Traits in U.S. Hard Winter Wheat

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Explore New Research Results Using the Vibe QM3i for Spike & Kernel Traits in U.S. Hard Winter Wheat

🌾🤩We are thrilled to share another study conducted using our state-of -the-art Vibe QM3i for the genome-wide association analysis of...

Exciting Update: New Research by USDA-ARS Using the Vibe QM3i to Characterize Yellow Pea Genotypes

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Exciting Update: New Research by USDA-ARS Using the Vibe QM3i to Characterize Yellow Pea Genotypes

Our cutting-edge Vibe QM3i has helped achieve remarkable success in a new study done by USDA-ARS that researched the characterization of...

Vibe Platform for Quality Control, Food Safety, and Process Improvement

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Vibe Platform for Quality Control, Food Safety, and Process Improvement

Vision of Things(TM) is a powerful machine vision platform that can inspect various materials. It offers a comprehensive range of...

Vibe Joined the National Hemp Association

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Vibe Joined the National Hemp Association

This is excellent news! I am pleased to inform you that VIBE Imaging Analytics has become a silver member of the National Hemp...

FLAR / CIAT: Making Rice More Productive, Resilient, and Competitive

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FLAR / CIAT: Making Rice More Productive, Resilient, and Competitive

So nice to see a customer post on Facebook presenting our QM3i Rice Analyzer. FLAR (Colombia) has been our customer since Mid 2018. They...

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Digital, Automation, and Inflation.

Our business reality is constantly changing, and regardless of whether we are in the camp of optimists or pessimists, we need to act....

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Grain Divider

When I first saw this Samovar-look-like device at a grain inspection laboratory in California, I laughed and asked why people were still...

The Paradox of Innovation Drives Stagnation

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The Paradox of Innovation Drives Stagnation

I've been observing and thinking about the paradox of early adoption and innovative companies, the one who first to identifies a need for...

Dr. Nitika Jaiswal

Detecting Fusarium in Damaged Wheat Kernels

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a health-hazardous and economically devastating and destructive fungal disease of cereal crops like wheat...

New Research Using the Vibe QM3 to Check Morphometric Parameters of Wheat

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New Research Using the Vibe QM3 to Check Morphometric Parameters of Wheat

Kernel morphometric parameters (kernel length, width, area and weight) and total spike yield were successfully obtained by sampling seed...

Phenotyping in Hard Red Spring Wheat Breeding Research by North Dakota State University

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Phenotyping in Hard Red Spring Wheat Breeding Research by North Dakota State University

"Hard Red Spring Wheat is an important class of wheat grown all over the world. The rise of population requires increasing food...

The Grain Industry Endorsed Analytical Platform for Visual Inspection

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The Grain Industry Endorsed Analytical Platform for Visual Inspection

We love safe, high-quality food and drinks. Aside from our personal preferences, food quality is about the taste, appearance, smell, and...

True Unbiased and Standard Color Rice Whiteness Measurements

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True Unbiased and Standard Color Rice Whiteness Measurements

Rice color and whiteness are essential quality factors, which are the end results of the combination of rice variety, growing conditions,...

Clemson University Validates Vibe QM3i’s Fusarium Detection Superiority

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Clemson University Validates Vibe QM3i’s Fusarium Detection Superiority

The Vibe QM3i starred in Clemson University’s latest research publication which evaluated methods for measuring wheat fusarium-damaged...

FoodTech500 Ranks Vibe IA as #25 in 2021 Global AgTech Survey

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FoodTech500 Ranks Vibe IA as #25 in 2021 Global AgTech Survey

FoodTech500 chose us as #25 on the list for 2021 out of over 2,500 applicants from more than 85 countries around the world! Read more...

Seed “Area to Perimeter Ratio” to Perfect Your Seed’s Morphology

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Seed “Area to Perimeter Ratio” to Perfect Your Seed’s Morphology

Typical seed morphology includes measuring seed length, width, and calculating length to width ratio to describe the seed shape. Adding...

New Business Model to the Grain Visual Inspection, Post-Harvest Supply Chain

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New Business Model to the Grain Visual Inspection, Post-Harvest Supply Chain

It all started with a customer comment, “…the technology is moving so fast that all my new lab equipment becomes obsolete within a short...

Food and Grain Processing, Average Measurements, Average Performance

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Food and Grain Processing, Average Measurements, Average Performance

The grain and food industry uses dimension and color average values for quality and process control, from grading to cleaning,...

QM3 Data Had a Stronger Positive Correlation with Manual FDK Values than other Phenotypic Platforms

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QM3 Data Had a Stronger Positive Correlation with Manual FDK Values than other Phenotypic Platforms

#Wheat #FDK #DON #UsWheatAndBarleyScabInitiative #GrainAnalysis #Barley Flashback to San Francisco, October 2017, I’m on the stage for...

Aflatoxins: The Need for Early Detection

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Aflatoxins: The Need for Early Detection

Aflatoxins are toxic metabolites produced by a variety of molds commonly known as mycotoxin. These mycotoxins are secondary metabolites...

Read if your company profit is your business

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Read if your company profit is your business

USDA Weekly Report for Rice and by-product prices

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The Secret of Basmati Rice

The Basmati rice name is like Champaign, geography exclusive. Basmati rice can grow in specific districts of India and Pakistan. The...

2nd Head Rice is the Most Difficult to Analyze

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2nd Head Rice is the Most Difficult to Analyze

2nd Head Rice is one of the most difficult factors to analyze in an accurate and consistent way. Per the USDA standard, the 2nd Head...

UC-Davis: Identification of Rice Mutants with Altered Grain AlkaliDigestion Trait

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UC-Davis: Identification of Rice Mutants with Altered Grain AlkaliDigestion Trait

.. "Out of the three Grain Analysis instruments I have experience using, The Vibe surpassed all my expectations". Chris Putz Picture:...

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Can We Detect Fusarium In Wheat ?

Over the last few years, the reaction to our statements that we can detect Fusarium in Wheat using image analysis was very skeptical, and...

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Food Processing and Digital Inspection

The Vibe QM3 Grain Analyzer helps companies to improve their business where Visual Inspection is part of the standard operating...

Digitally Breaking The Triangle of Constraints Rule

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Digitally Breaking The Triangle of Constraints Rule

The concept of “you can’t get them all” is still a basic principle in project management, product development and other life experiences....

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Detect Your Black Fungus in Wheat

Black Tip is caused by fungus that attacks wheat or barley kernels. In the early development stage the mold results in a decreased...

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Blending and Your Company P&L

The blending process is a well-known secret in the grain industry, from mixing grains of different harvesting seasons, using current and...

The Importance of Incoming Quality Control for a Modern Rice Mill

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The Importance of Incoming Quality Control for a Modern Rice Mill

The quality and cost of incoming paddy rice are two of the most important factors to understand for a modern rice mill. In most instances...

Don't Lose Your Money to Dust, a New "Rice Milling Index" Method to Maximize Profits

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Don't Lose Your Money to Dust, a New "Rice Milling Index" Method to Maximize Profits

Rice milling is a big numbers game, every percent counts and impact the business bottom line; If you care about your business and don't...

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Industry News

Vibe QM3i Analyzers

Rice Analyzer
The Vibe QM3i provides rice researchers, traders and processing companies an ‘expert’ inspection and analysis instrument that overcomes the limitations of subjectivity and speed that are evident in manual inspection methods.

Grain Analyzer
One of the key features of the AI-powered Vibe QM3i Grain Analyzer is the speed and accuracy of results. 30g samples of rice kernels can be analyzed and reported upon in less than 30 seconds using a simple 3 step process.

Comprehensive Analysis Reporting
The true power of Vibe Imaging Analytics is found in our powerful reporting Grain Analysis Reporting software, which allows you to explore every facet and detail of your samples.

Industry News

Vibe QM3i Analyzers

Rice Analyzer The Vibe QM3i provides rice researchers, traders and processing companies an ‘expert’ inspection and analysis instrument that overcomes the limitations of subjectivity and speed that are evident in manual inspection methods.

Grain Analyzer One of the key features of the AI-powered Vibe QM3i Grain Analyzer is the speed and accuracy of results. 30g samples of rice kernels can be analyzed and reported upon in less than 30 seconds using a simple 3 step process.

Comprehensive Analysis Reporting The true power of Vibe Imaging Analytics is found in our powerful reporting Grain Analysis Reporting software, which allows you to explore every facet and detail of your samples.

Rice Analyzer
The Vibe QM3i provides rice researchers, traders and processing companies an ‘expert’ inspection and analysis instrument that overcomes the limitations of subjectivity and speed that are evident in manual inspection methods.

Grain Analyzer
One of the key features of the AI-powered Vibe QM3i Grain Analyzer is the speed and accuracy of results. 30g samples of rice kernels can be analyzed and reported upon in less than 30 seconds using a simple 3 step process.

Comprehensive Analysis Reporting
The true power of Vibe Imaging Analytics is found in our powerful reporting Grain Analysis Reporting software, which allows you to explore every facet and detail of your samples.