…a test that could lead to advances in fighting huanglongbing (HLB) disease in citrus. Researcher and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Christina Davis, said the test looks for a…
Olive Production Shifts as Result of Mechanization
…president and CEO of Chico-based California Olive Ranch, the nation’s largest olive oil producer. “That’s what has enabled us to compete,” he said. “Without mechanical harvesting, we just don’t have…
Forestry Experts Say Tree Mortality Brings Added Risk
…oak species are doing quite well.” Meyer cited mechanical thinning and prescribed burning as treatments used by the Forest Service to improve forest conditions, adding, “Some of these landscapes can…
Support for Minority and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers
…Florida, $148,368 North South Institute, Inc., Florida, $199,507 Global Growers Network Inc., Georgia, $196,698 Lei Ho’olaha, Hawaii, $100,000 The Kohala Center, Hawaii, $200,000 Southern University Agricultural and Mechanical College, Louisiana;…
Experts Interpret Overtime Bill’s Effect on Farms
…trays,” he said. Little said he spoke with a winegrape grower last week who has a large portion of his operation already set up for mechanical harvest, and who intends…
Agri View: More Ag Technology
…And, don’t forget pest control and fertilizer composition. With all of his mechanical advantages, a farmer cannot produce a harvestable crop today if he had to use the seed, fertilizer…
Agri View: Needle in a Hay Stack
…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….