Specialty Crop Market Opportunity
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The document discusses the market opportunity for specialty crop automation for mid-sized farms between 25-1000 acres. It notes that these mid-sized farms represent a larger opportunity than smaller farms due to scale, and larger farms due to already having custom automation. The hypothesis is that automating specialty crops for mid-sized farms could address an unmet need and solve business problems in a market with sufficient scale. Next steps proposed include testing this hypothesis, observing customers to identify opportunities, understanding the business model better, and developing prototypes.
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