Can't hire, can't invest big, can't manage yield —
managed agri-service takes on all three
A project-based operations service: a project team takes over the plantation from inspection to latex delivery; Jinkun coordinates, and equipment manufacturers and local partners take part per project as set out in the service contract. Owners need not buy tapping equipment directly; costs beyond the equipment (road upgrades, rain guards, charging and communication facilities, maintenance, latex collection and transport, etc.) and the split of responsibilities are defined in the service contract.
Managed agri-service is a model where a project team uses intelligent tapping equipment to take over a plantation's inspection, spraying and fertilizing, tapping, latex collection, delivery and equipment maintenance. The owner does not need to buy tapping equipment directly or hire tappers, supports deployment and road standardization, and pays an annual fee or a latex revenue share. Costs beyond the equipment and the split of responsibilities are defined in the service contract; applicable regions and terms are assessed per project.
Buying equipment vs managed agri-service
| Comparison | Traditional self-owned | managed agri-service |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware investment | Owner buys all equipment | No direct equipment purchase by the owner; other costs per contract |
| Labor | Owner hires and manages tappers | Handled by the project team, which can draw on local staff; details per service contract |
| Scope | Usually tapping only | All six modules — tap, collect, manage, nurture |
| Risk | Equipment and yield risk on the owner | Risk-allocation mechanism agreed in the contract |
| Payment | One-time capital outlay | Annual fee or latex revenue share |
| Management | Experience-driven | Smart-model dispatch, data traceable |
Costs and responsibilities must be defined in the contract
The managed agri-service is a project-based operations service. We do not presume a standard answer for who bears each item below; it is set by the service contract between both parties.
| Item | Who bears it / responsibility |
|---|---|
| Tapping equipment purchase | Defined in the service contract |
| Installation and communication facilities | Defined in the service contract |
| Plantation road upgrades | Defined in the service contract |
| Routine maintenance and blades | Defined in the service contract |
| Latex collection and transport | Defined in the service contract |
| Work stoppage due to weather | Defined in the service contract |
| Tree damage and yield loss | Defined in the service contract |
Applicable regions and terms are assessed per project. Request a plantation assessment →
From inspection to maintenance, six modules taken over together
Inspection
Daily patrols and growth monitoring — anomalies caught early
Spraying & fertilizing
Precise spraying and fertilizing by tree condition and season
Tapping
Tree-mounted machines tap automatically in set time windows, dispatched in clusters; rain stoppage per contract
Latex collection
Scheduled collection that cuts latex loss and waiting
Delivery
Latex delivered on time to buying stations or factories, fully traceable
Equipment maintenance
Inspection, servicing and blade changes handled by the project team; split of duties per service contract
Two pillars: the rubber output model + automated tapping
A smart model assists scheduling from tree condition, weather and yield history. Tree-mounted machines, deployable across whole estates, are the workhorse of the service; rain stoppage and severe-weather safety policy are agreed per project.
The smart-plantation management system, the service's digital backbone
The “smart-model dispatch” of the agri-service runs on this system: 3D tree scanning builds a digital registry of every tree and audits plantation assets; tapping, collecting, managing and nurturing are digitalized end to end, and yield data stays transparent — so revenue-share settlement is backed by data.
Robot coordination
Tree registry & distribution
Harvest planning
Tapping metrics
Latex traceability
Tapper management
Weather & soil monitoring
Patrol & drone surveying
Decoupled smart terminals with data linkage and multi-mode operation; all three categories of tapping machines plug in for unified dispatch, and the plantation links with factory SCADA/MES — data traceable from tree to bale.
Robot vs manual yield: data from three zones in agri-service projects
Side-by-side zones in the same plantation; robot yield ÷ manual yield:
Robot-to-manual yield ratio
Robot-to-manual yield ratio
Robot-to-manual yield ratio
Reading the numbers: these are agri-service project measurements; per-session yield was about 87%-94% of manual. Models, test conditions and plantations differ, so results will differ and are not a yield commitment for other plantations. Yield assessment method and revenue sharing are agreed in the contract.
From survey to settlement in four steps
- Step 1 — on-site surveyAssess tree age, density, terrain and road conditions to scope the service
- Step 2 — plan & contractChoose annual fee or revenue share; agree minimum service levels, yield assessment method, revenue sharing and risk allocation in writing
- Step 3 — deploy & trainRoad standardization support, equipment rollout, local team trained as agreed per project
- Step 4 — operate & settleSmart dispatch runs continuously; yield data transparent, settled as agreed
Who it's for
- Contiguous estates struggling with hiring and an ageing workforce
- Owners unwilling to make a large one-time equipment investment
- Owners who want professionals to run the estate while they watch the returns
- Abandoned or under-managed forests whose owners want the asset working again
What we need from you
- Support for equipment deployment and in-estate road standardization
- Contiguous scale preferred; very small or scattered plots assessed first
- Acceptance of data-based yield metering and transparent settlement
Final conditions follow the on-site survey — tell us your plantation's location and size and Jinkun will arrange an assessment.
Frequently asked questions
What does the plantation owner pay?
The owner does not need to buy tapping equipment directly; costs beyond the equipment (road upgrades, rain guards, charging and communication facilities, maintenance, latex collection and transport, etc.) and the split of responsibilities are defined in the service contract. Payment can be an annual fee or a latex revenue share.
Will my income be lower than hiring tappers myself?
The plan is designed from historical yield, labor cost, tree condition and climate; minimum service levels, yield assessment method, revenue sharing and risk allocation can be agreed in the contract. Agri-service project measurements gave yield ratios of 93.58% / 86.93% / 93.75%; these are project data, not a commitment for other plantations.
What kind of plantation is suitable?
Contiguous estates of scale that struggle to hire and can support road standardization; very small, scattered or road-inaccessible plots need an on-site assessment first.
Is the team local or brought in?
Team and training arrangements are agreed per project, with equipment manufacturers and local partners taking part as divided in the service contract; local staff can be considered first, lowering cost and creating local jobs. Jinkun coordinates.
Buy equipment or choose the service — which is better value?
It depends on capital and appetite for operations: to build your own team long-term, see tapping machines (standard tree-mounted machine reference price about RMB 500/unit; total project price quoted per plantation conditions); to stay hands-off without buying equipment directly, see the managed service (costs and responsibilities per contract). Many owners pilot a small zone first, then scale.