…the Hay Press The mechanical hay press made loose-hay transportation a thing of the past. by Tharran Gaines Just as ancient man came up with the idea for the wheel,…
Agri View: Voice Command
…to marvel at today’s mechanical engineering. Well, we have only just begun. What about one that stops automatically in case of an emergency. Say, if the farmer becomes ill all…
Pruning Frequency Study at Pecan Conference
…Pruning Frequency Study at Pecan Conference Heerema The California Pecan Growers Association conference had information on several aspects of growing pecans,including research from New Mexico on mechanical pruning. New Mexico…
Clemson Research Could Lead to Space Farming
Researchers at Clemson University are laying out the research groundwork for deep-space farming as part of a NASA-funded study. Clemson mechanical engineering professor Joshua Summers is working with Freight Farms,…
Agri View: Labor Shortages
…does agriculture need? There are certain types of farm work, such as weeding or picking produce for the fresh market, that machines just can’t do as well as human hands….
Agriculture Innovation Shines at AgTech Summit
…Mann Packing Company. This year featured a machine that plants lettuce from a tape, a robotic weeding machine and a new form of bug trap. After the tours, the summit…
New Olive Growing Cost Studies
…and hand harvesting methods. The companion study estimates the costs for establishing and producing olives for oil under super-high-density planting (726 trees per acre) using mechanical pruning and harvest. The…
Agri View: Cotton Harvesting
…harvesters, used chiefly in Texas and Oklahoma, have rollers or mechanical brushes that remove the entire boll from the plant. In the rest of the Belt, spindle pickers are used….
Weigh a Bee
…mechanical engineering. “This project involved undergraduate students from multiple engineering disciplines collaborating with senior scientists to design and implement a device to be used in ongoing research — it was…
Climate Smart Israel – Delegation Update
…protocols for uniform, reliable plants. Its grafted plants are suited for mechanical planting. The evening ended with sunset on the Mediterranean and a fun dinner in old-town Jaffa. I am…
National Weed Your Garden Day
…#NationalWeedYourGardenDay to post on social media. Video from: GrowVeg Easy Weeding – How to Get Rid of Weeds in Your Vegetable Garden Weeding can take up the majority of your…
National Pick Strawberries Day
…them to help with the planting and weeding. They will definitely take part in the picking and eating. If you are not watchful, they just might pick and eat the…
California Raisin Grape Mechanical Harvest Report
…raisin-type grape acreage. Kern and Madera County growers harvest 21 and 40 percent of their raisin-type grape acreage by mechanical means, respectively. By variety, Thompson Seedless grape acreage with mechanical…
Garden by the Moon
…a calendar of the best days for sowing, planting, weeding, and other garden chores, as determined by the phase and position of the Moon. Our readers have long sworn by…