TerraClear Blog

In recent years, the field of agriculture has seen remarkable advancements in technology, leading to what is now called precision agriculture. Precision agriculture is a modern farming practice that uses technology to collect and analyze data, allowing farmers to make better decisions and improve crop yields. The industry has seen an explosion of innovation in […]

How We Began TerraClear founder Brent Frei spent decades founding and leading successful technology companies, like Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR), Onyx Software, and HarvestWest Investment fund. But like others born into a close-knit farming community, his heart never left Grangeville, ID. When he returned to his hometown, his prior successes counted little to his standing on […]

“That would have taken me 5-10 times longer…” Conrad Arnzen, North Idaho farmer – “At one point it took them 8 minutes to pick a complete skid steer bucket full. That would have taken me at least 5-10 times longer and I would have climbed on and off the tractor 25+ times. TerraClear did all […]

A previously analog industry is using technology to sprout fresh problem-solving ideas and harvest new entrepreneurial talent. It’s easy to think of the agriculture industry as very low-tech and “1.0” when it comes to developing and adopting new technologies. On the Eastside, however, two companies have embraced agricultural innovation from very different angles.  In Bellevue, […]

TerraClear continues testing the end-to-end, 24-hour rock picking solution – from flying the fields, producing detailed digital rock maps, and picking the rocks using the semi-autonomous picker. We even had some time for some good ol’ fashioned hand picking…or as we like to call it, rock picker appreciation! Hard to beat a week when we […]