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Name: Persea
Address: CA, US
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Honest write-ups from the orchard: what works, what breaks, and the numbers behind both.

June 2, 20265 min read
SGMA compliance: a grower's field guide
What the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act actually asks of a California tree-crop grower — the deadlines, the six undesirable results, how allocations and metering arrive through your local GSA, and what records you need before someone asks for them.
- sgma
- water-management
- irrigation
- compliance
May 15, 20262 min read
Why Tree Detection Is Harder Than It Looks
Spoiler: the public NAIP imagery you can download for free is ~0.6m GSD, which is right at the edge of what off-the-shelf detection models can handle for mature orchards.
- tree-detection
- computer-vision
- precision-agriculture
May 1, 20261 min read
Welcome to the Persea Blog
Why we're starting a blog focused on the unglamorous reality of running a high-value orchard — and what you can expect from it.
- announcements
- precision-agriculture

SGMA compliance: a grower's field guide