If you are a dairy operator considering a group – housed/group – fed system for calves, look at mechanical ventilation for the barn as well. Rod Bain reports. Ventilation for…
NIMITZ Nematicide Receives State Registration in California
…Applications may include broadcast or banding with mechanical incorporation or through drip-injection. As a ‘true nematicide’, NIMITZ causes irreversible nematicidal activity which results in pest mortality within 48 hours of…
Mechanical Wine Tasting
California’s wine industry depends heavily on trained and gifted wine tasters, who can taste the subtle flavors. But now it seems even that can be done by a machine to…
Juice Grape Harvest
Mechanical grape harvesting of juice grapes is underway in the Central Valley. Some growers are reporting reduced brix content, probably due to the long hot spell with no sustained breaks…
New Product May Change Planting
…with ties to California is showing off its latest… a mechanical planting machine. It’s GPS guided and computerized. And it’s billed as able to plant a 100 acres in an…