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Prima Frutta, Linden, California – Case Study

Prima Frutta are based in Linden, California and pack apples, cherries and walnuts. The family owned company is passionate about delivering quality to their customers and achieve this through their investment in technology. Across their apple and cherry lines, they have partnered with Compac for external and internal inspection technology and TOMRA sorters for their ...

Dec. 4, 2018

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

UNITEC technology at the side of the Rivoira Group in its first cherry season

Michelangelo Rivoira, President of the Rivoira Group, has no doubts about his choice. After travelling the world searching for the best solutions for sorting cherries and selecting their quality, he chose UNITEC. And he is very pleased with his decision. The company from Cuneo, which is already a leader in the apple, kiwifruit and stone fruit sector, has invested in an ambitious cherry project, ...

Aug. 17, 2020

By Eltete

UNITEC Cherry Vision 3.0, an ally to the Spanish packing houses dealing with a unique cherry campaign

For Frutas Mifra – said its General Manager and Owner Miguel Vicente Juan – Cherry Vision 3.0 technology has been a great ally throughout the cherry harvesting and packing season. A complicated year due to the weather conditions of the season and the exceptional situation of the Coronavirus pandemic. The reference to the unfavorable weather conditions is always present in the ...

Sep. 2, 2020

By Unitec S.p.A.

TuffTrak Cherry Picker Platform

Our rental partners often have crews on Lay, wait and recover projects for various clients, which in essence is for a days hire for a set amount of TuffTrak panels to enable special works being carried out in a matter of hours, then the TuffTrak mats are returned the same day. This Lay, Wait and Recover project required heavy duty TuffTrak ST system as a supporting pad for a cherry picker lift in ...

Sep. 2, 2020

By Checkers Safety Group

Hardwood tree survival in heavy ground cover on reclaimed land in west Virginia: mowing and ripping effects

Current West Virginia coal mining regulations emphasize reforestation as a preferred postmining land use on surface mined areas. Some mined sites reclaimed to pasture are being converted to forests. In the spring of 2001, we compared the establishment and growth of five hardwood tree species on a reclaimed West Virginaia surface mine with compacted soils and a heavy grass groundcover. We planted ...

Jun. 27, 2008

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Cherry Peak Ski Resort - Case Study

The Cherry Peak weather station is mounted on a light pole about mid-slope. The station is fully autonomous and functional on solar power, even though it is completely shaded during the winter. The weather station provides wind conditions for chair lift operation and wet-bulb temperature for snow-making. It can be accessed by resort staff using a simple text ...

May 7, 2019

By Dyacon, Inc.

Sour cherries harvester FELIX-Z again presents its capabilities

At the end of July, we had the pleasure to host in Poland and Weremczuk FMR’s company our Hungarian dealer- together with a quite large group of cherries producers from this country. The main purpose of their visit was the opportunity to see the harvester FELIX-Z during work in cherries orchard. Taking advantage of one of ours customer’s kindness, who deals, among other things, ...

Feb. 3, 2020

By Weremczuk Agromachines

High Efficiency F Series Drive Gearbox that we manufacture

Parallel Shaft Helical Geared Motor Unit has the characteristics of small volume and large transmission torque. The High Capacity Parallel Shaft Gearbox adopts the modular structure design principle of the unit structure, which greatly reduces the parts and inventory, and also greatly shortens the delivery cycle, high transmission efficiency and superior performance.If you need a FAF helical ...

Nov. 12, 2018

By NER Group Co.,Limited

An automated laser bird repellent protects 7 ha of cherry trees in Chile - Case Study

Location: San Carlos, Chillán, Región del Ñuble, Chile Application context: Agriculture, Cherry farm Problem definition: Bird destroying and eating cherries Pest bird species: Sparrows (Passeridae), thrushes (Turdidae) and turtle doves (Columbidae) Time of the year with bird problems: November – January Time of the day with bird problems: All day Number of ...

Sep. 18, 2019

By Bird Control Group

Top 5 Methods to Protecting Cherries from Birds

Not only do humans like to snack on cherries, but birds do, too! Birds love cherries as a food source, even before they are ripe. A mixture of preventative methods should be implemented to keep pesky birds away from your precious cherries. Follow these tips for the best ways to protect your cherry crops or trees from birds: 1. Install Netting One effective way to keep birds away from your ...

Jun. 8, 2016

By Avian Enterprises, LLC

AFE is avoiding damage to cherries with laser bird repellent - Case Study

Location: San Carlos, Chillán, Maule Region, Chile Application context: Agriculture, Cherry farm Problem definition: Birds destroying and eating cherries Bird species: Sparrows (passeridae) and thrushes (Turdidae) Time of the year with bird problems: November 15 – January 5 Time of the day with bird problems: All day Number of systems: 1x Agrilaser Autonomic with solar panel ...

Sep. 18, 2019

By Bird Control Group

The characteristics and application conditions of 8000 Series Cycloidal Inline Gearbox Speed Reducer

Cycloidal 8000 Series Planetary Gearbox is a kind of planetary gear transmission principle. It adopts cycloidal pin wheel meshing, and has advanced design and novel structure. In most cases, this type of reducer has replaced two-stage and three-stage ordinary cylindrical gear reducers and cylindrical worm reducers in military, aerospace, metallurgy, mining, petroleum, chemical, shipbuilding, ...

Nov. 12, 2018

By NER Group Co.,Limited

Maja Automatic – Cherry on top

Poland is one of the main sour cherry producer in Europe and on the world. What do you have to do if want to be successful? Experience, knowledge and appropriate atmospheric conditions is the basis. Innovative approach to carrying out intense cherry orchards and the mechanization of the harvest is also important (cherry harvesters). Way to Success Sour cherries and other stone fruit producers ...

Feb. 3, 2020

By Weremczuk Agromachines

Agricola EU uses Automatic bird deterrent to avoid cherry crop loss - Case Study

Location: Fundo la Mina, Puente Negro, San Fernando Application context: Agriculture, Cherry farm Problem definition: Birds eating the cherries Pest bird species: Doves (Columbidae) and thrushes (Turdidae) Time of the year with bird problems: September – December Time of the day with bird problems: All day Number of systems: 2 x Agrilaser Autonomic 500 with solar panel In use ...

Sep. 18, 2019

By Bird Control Group

Coffee cherry husk - a potential feed stock for alcohol production

Coffee cherry husk (CCH) a toxic agro waste was tested for alcohol production by native yeast isolates. Out of five isolated yeasts, two produced acceptable amount of alcohol production from CCH extract. Pichia CJ isolated from rotten carrot and Clavispora CI isolated from coffee effluent produced maximum yield of 9.2 and 8.0%, respectively. Solid substrate fermentation (SSF) using CCH supported ...

Jun. 3, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Netting Alternatives for Cherry Trees & Wine Grapes

Scare away unwanted birds Give birds something else to eat Implement liquid bird repellent Your cherry trees and wine grapes are more than just tasty for you and your family, they’re also delicious snacks for hungry birds. Don’t waste your time and money with ineffective nets to protect your fruit. Instead, try these effective alternatives to bird netting. Scare Tactics ...

May 11, 2017

By Avian Enterprises, LLC

Success Story Elixir Foods, Serbia - Case Study

High demand for quality and the need for larger production capacity made Elixir Foods decide to partner with BEST Sorting. “Selling straight to the end-user requires strong quality control. Therefore we explored the market for a partner that listens to us and understands our challenges,” says Dragan Petrovic, General Manager of Elixir Foods. With a yearly output of 10,000 tons of ...

Jul. 9, 2013

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH

Increase greenhouse efficiency with boom lighting

As a leader in greenhouse automation equipment, we are always looking to bring our growers new ideas on how to best utilize our equipment within their greenhouse. With the release of our highly coveted Universal Attachment, we are able to bring you new ideas on how to do more with less. The Universal Attachment is highly effective for attaching fans, insect mats, fans and lights. Boom lighting ...

Apr. 19, 2017

By Cherry Creek Systems

An optimal harvest date prediction tool for long–term storage of red currants

Harvesting at the optimal time is critical for a high quality product destined for long–term storage. Still, there are insufficient tools to determine optimal harvest date. In this work, we present a very practical optimal harvest date tool based on a model developed several years ago and tested with several crops such as cherries, peaches, and nectarines. We have developed and validated ...

Feb. 11, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Are endophyte-mediated effects on herbivores conditional on soil nutrients?

Neotyphodium endophytes are assumed to have mutualistic relationship with their grass hosts, mainly resulting from mycotoxin production increasing plant resistance to herbivores by the fungus that subsists on the plant. To study importance of often ignored environmental effects on these associations, we performed a greenhouse experiment to examine the significance of endophyte infection and ...

Apr. 1, 2005

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

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