…ensure the freshness and taste of our pecans. Unlike most fresh produce, which is harvested during the summer months, pecans and other nuts wait until fall. For pecans, harvesting waits…
Almond Board: New Incentive to Reduce Dust
…with harvest by at least 30 percent. The new low-emissions harvesting opportunity is funded through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Information on the specific models of harvesters currently…
Spreading Vine Mealybug Populations
…slow-moving pest. “They can also be picked up the by field workers or harvest equipment. They can be blown by wind and be picked up even by things like birds….
New Air Quality Incentives for Nut Farmers to Adopt Low-Emission Harvesters
…receive an incentive of $10.52/acre for up to three years to adopt harvesters that have been certified through peer-review research to reduce particulate matter (PM) associated with harvest by at…
Wet Weather Doesn’t Hinder Citrus Harvest
From California Farm Bureau Federation By Kate Campbell, assistant editor of Ag Alert Photo courtesy of Ag Alert Citrus harvest is progressing between storms, the state’s growers and shippers say,…
USDA Awards $3 Million for Robotics Research
…– The goal of this project is to develop theoretical and technological tools that will enable the design, optimization, prototyping and field-testing of consistently high-throughput, cost-effective mechanized harvesting systems for…
Agriculture Labor Seeing Competitive Trend
A competitive trend in an already challenging agriculture labor, sector is leaving some producers out of luck during harvest. Agriculture Labor Seeing Competitive Trend Producers across the United States are…
Almond Board: Winter Sanitation in Almonds
…NOW moth flights In-season control of NOW with insecticides or biological control agents Prompt harvest before a third generation of NOW develops In addition to navel orangeworm, almonds are subject…
Agri View: Migrant Trends
…Cornell University Cooperative Extension Farm workers in United States Between 1 and 3 million migrant farm workers leave their homes every year to plant, cultivate, harvest, and pack fruits, vegetables…
USDA Shares 2015 Results
…the pace and scale of forest restoration by nine percent since 2011 and increased timber harvest by 18 percent since 2008, despite record droughts, longer wildfire seasons, and the increasing…
Fresh Christmas Tree
…A tree on a lot might have been harvested locally a day or two ago, or it might have been cut a few weeks earlier and trucked from another state,…
Some Jobs Far from Automation
…in the industry At the Produce Marketing Association’s Tech Knowledge Conference, Harvest Automation was displaying it’s potted-plant moving robot. The vehicle is about the size of a small suitcase and…
The Western View: Red Combines
…art. The Western View: Red Combines This new book chronicles the history of one of the most important mechanical devices ever invented. The book is about combine harvesters built by…
Freezing Temperatures not Bad for Valley Citrus
…the season. In some cases, growers used wind machines in the early morning hours to keep the fruit dry and prevent delays in harvest. Typically, growers will also run water…