…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…
Farm Camp
…– This camp on a small, organic, diversified farm allows kids to learn everything from making and planting beds, adding compost, watering, weeding, and harvesting, to eating and observing. They…
Study Uses Domestic Sheep to Facilitate Sustainable Farming
…However, frequent mechanical tillage can reduce soil integrity, which increases costs for farmers and negatively impacts future crop growth. Now, Montana State University (MSU) researchers are studying an alternate technique…
Nearly $1.5 Million to Two Universities in California to Protect Air Quality in a Changing Climate
…exciting opportunity to learn about air pollution in the future from both state-of-the-art experiments and from computer modelling techniques” said Donald Dabdub, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at…
Agri View: Inventions and Agriculture
…Firestone’s dream of putting the farm on rubber was on its way to being reality. 10. Hydraulic Implement Lift with Draft Control: The first tractor mechanical lift appeared in 1927,…
Some Mating Disruption Becoming Cheaper
…disruption from the mechanical devices more affordable. More about codling moth From the UC IPM Website: Codling moth can be very difficult to manage, especially if the population has been…
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…
Ventilation for Dairy in a New Management Systems
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…