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  "card_url": "https://itha.ai/c/garford.com/card.json",
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-25",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/garford.com/provenance.json",
  "card": {
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      "regions": [
        "global"
      ],
      "use_cases": [
        "mechanical inter-row and in-row weed control",
        "chemical-free weeding of vegetable crops",
        "precision cultivation of row crops"
      ],
      "industries": [
        "vegetable production",
        "arable farming",
        "sugar beet production"
      ]
    },
    "itha": "0.1",
    "company": {
      "hq": {
        "city": "Peterborough",
        "country": "GB"
      },
      "url": "https://garford.com",
      "name": "Garford Farm Machinery",
      "domain": "garford.com",
      "founded": 1986,
      "same_as": [
        "https://uk.linkedin.com/company/garford-farm-machinery-limited"
      ],
      "legal_name": "Garford Farm Machinery Limited",
      "description": "Garford Farm Machinery designs and manufactures precision-guided mechanical weed control equipment for row crops, including vision-guided hoes, in-row weeders, spot sprayers, electric weeders and hooded sprayers."
    },
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      {
        "id": "robocrop-guided-hoes",
        "url": "https://garford.com/products/robocrop-guided-hoes/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Robocrop Guided Hoes",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Vision-guided mechanical hoes for inter-row and in-row cultivation of cereals, carrots and salad crops, available from 1-row units to 18m folding frames or 24m trailed machines.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "agricultural_robot",
            "applications": [
              "weeding"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "repeatability_mm": {
              "max": 15,
              "min": 10
            }
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "robocrop-inrow-weeder",
        "url": "https://garford.com/products/robocrop-inrow-weeder/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Robocrop InRow Weeder",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Vision-guided in-row weeder using video image analysis to locate individual transplanted plants and mechanically remove weeds between them, in systems up to 20 rows and 6m working width.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "agricultural_robot",
            "applications": [
              "weeding"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1",
            "repeatability_mm": {
              "max": 8,
              "min": 8
            }
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "robocrop-spot-sprayer",
        "url": "https://garford.com/products/robocrop-spot-sprayer/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Robocrop Spot Sprayer",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Vision-guided spot sprayer with specially developed nozzles that targets individual weeds, initially aimed at potatoes growing in carrots, parsnips, onions or leeks, to reduce chemical cost.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "agricultural_robot",
            "applications": [
              "spraying"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "band-and-hooded-sprayers",
        "url": "https://garford.com/products/band-and-hooded-sprayers/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Band and Hooded Sprayers",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Hooded and band sprayer units on parallel linkage wheel units for inter-row chemical weed control without soil disturbance, with band widths between 10cm and 60cm and tanks up to 600 litres."
      },
      {
        "id": "robocrop-electric-weeder",
        "url": "https://garford.com/products/robocrop-electric-weeder/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Robocrop Electric Weeder",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "terms": {
          "notes": "Available for production year 2026"
        },
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "PTO-driven 60kW electric weeder using six individually managed electrode pairs to pass current through targeted weeds in vegetable and ornamental crops, for beds and flat fields up to 3m width.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "agricultural_robot",
            "applications": [
              "weeding"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "robocrop-side-shift-system",
        "url": "https://garford.com/products/robocrop-side-shift-system/",
        "kind": "component",
        "name": "Robocrop Side Shift System",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Retrofittable hydraulic guidance system with rams and a potentiometer for precision steering of hoes and mounted implements, offered in SD30, HD50 and XHD50 variants."
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://garford.com/contact/",
      "email": "sales@garford.com",
      "phone": "+44(0)1778 342642",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "extensions": {
      "robotics": {
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          "robot_manufacturer",
          "component_manufacturer"
        ],
        "service_area": [
          "GB",
          "AU",
          "BE",
          "CA",
          "CN",
          "CZ",
          "DK",
          "FI",
          "FR",
          "DE",
          "AT",
          "GR",
          "NL",
          "HU",
          "IT",
          "LU",
          "NZ",
          "NO",
          "PL",
          "PT",
          "RO",
          "RU",
          "SK",
          "ES",
          "SE",
          "CH",
          "US"
        ],
        "spec_version": "0.1"
      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-08-25"
  }
}