…and medicine, grew up in Fresno near the original Fresno State campus. On a visit in September 2016, he saw the laboratory’s traditional but outdated welding and mechanical equipment during…
Apply for Alternative Manure Management Program Grants
…to submit an application is October 2. Projects that are eligible for grant funding include the installation of a mechanical separator on a flush dairy and converting from a flush…
Agri View: Farm Mechanical Technology
Everett Griner talks about mechanical technology and how it works on the farm in today’s Agri View. Farm Mechanical Technology Pickup trucks originally were a handy vehicle to serve farmers….
MPI Report: U.S. Agricultural Workforce Being Reshaped
…author Philip Martin, a University of California, Davis agricultural economist. Some employers have introduced incentives to satisfy current workers and mechanical aids to stretch their productivity, while others have sought…
Early Market Benefits Apple Growers
…and the crop’s high hand-labor requirements, from picking to pruning to thinning. Although there are ongoing efforts to develop mechanical or robotic harvesters, Chinchiolo said such prospects have “a ways…
Tomato Harvest Slowly Gains Momentum
…his case, his company is making use of mechanical sorters as part of the harvest work, much of which is already mechanized. “Used to be, years ago, that you’d have…
Development of Technologies Vital for Specialty Crops
…advanced mechanization tools to become economically viable for large scale production. “We no longer have the luxury to wait decades for similar innovations, significant investment in plant breeding, mechanical engineering,…
National Weed Your Garden Day
…5 or 10 minutes while weeding their gardens. One of the best gardening tips is to stay in control of your garden. Weeds grow very fast, fast, and can soon…
National Gardening Exercise Day
…physical and mental health. When you think about it, all of that work, whether it’s lifting heavy rocks, weeding, or hauling dirt, it all takes energy and energy means burning…
2016 California Raisin Grape Mechanical Harvest Report
…40 percent of their raisin-type grape acreage by mechanical means, respectively. By variety, Thompson Seedless grape acreage with mechanical harvesting is 33,373 or 24 percent of the total raisin-type grape…
Agri View: Farming Technology
…mechanical devices that are being invented, developed and produced to help farmers produce and harvest a crop. Machine and tools that can replace the human hand. We call it technology….
Agri View: Robot Farming
Everett Griner talks about what the mechanical engineers working on robot farming equipment in today’s Agri View. Download Robot Farming Well mechanical engineers are working right now to give us…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…mechanical thinning with his lettuce and romaine, and looking into mechanically harvesting onions, as he’s already doing with his carrots. “It’s going to push us into mechanization much quicker than…
Environmental Assessment for the Biological Control of Giant Reed
…Grande area of Texas. Giant reed infestations lead to loss of biodiversity, stream bank erosion, altered channel morphology, damage to bridges, increased costs for chemical and mechanical control along transportation…