harvesting mechanization News
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International pepper conference
We would like to thank those who visited our display during the international pepper conference. ETGAR Designing Better Crops appeared in the 21st international pepper conference on November 4-6, 2012 in Naples, Florida, USA. For the past 25 years, the International Pepper Conference is recognized as the premier venue for the dissemination and exchange of information on all pepper types. ETGAR ...
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Red raspberries harvesting with KAREN harvester in the main role
Poland is one of the biggest world producers of raspberries. The increase of raspberries planting, in recent years, especially variety grown without supports, has resulted increased concern the subject of crop mechanization. The WEREMCZUK company take care of fruit growers needs and try to meet their expectations. For many months, we were working really intensive on the new face of harvester, ...
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First raisin grape that dries naturally on vine developed
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in California have developed a new raisin grape that dries naturally on the vine, making it unnecessary for growers to cut into the woody “canes” connecting the grapes to the mother vine weeks before harvest. For mechanically harvested raisin grapes like Thompson Seedless, growers have to cut the canes each summer, usually about 2 weeks ...
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Selective broccoli harvester increases uniformity and quality of the product
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture is developing a harvester for broccoli. This robot is different from other mechanical harvesters by adding a selectivity feature: an intelligent Computer Vision system registers and selects only the broccoli of a pre-determined exact size and leaves the remainder until another optimal harvesting moment is reached. A broccoli crop does not grow in an uniform ...
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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, also ...
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Seaweed Harvester and Pump Manufacturer Collaborate
Hale Miller, seaweed harvester of Maine and Chad Schipman of eastern Montana, collaborated on pump modifications for seaweed harvesting. Schipman is the Engineering Manager for SRS Crisafulli, Inc. a pump manufacturer with a long history of building agricultural pumps. Miller and Schipman troubleshot and modified a pump system for sustainable seaweed harvesting. Miller uses a Crisafulli 4" ...
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Machine harvesting may increase apple supply for hard cider market
Cider - or "hard cider" as it is typically known in the United States - is experiencing a real revival. The fermented apple juice with 0.5% to 7% alcohol-by-volume is the fastest growing alcohol market segment in the US, boasting a 54% increase in production annually from 2007 to 2012. Naturally, increasing consumer demand for cider translates to a need for more apples to make quality cider ...
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Olive growing in Saudi Arabia
A delegation of representatives of the Saudi olive growing sector was received on 7 October by various officials of the IOC Executive Secretariat, including the Executive Director, the Deputy Directors, the Head of the Department of Research & Development and Environment and the Head of the Promotion Unit. Mr Aboabat, the CEO of the company Al-Watania and Mr Sahbi Mahjoub from the ...
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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 ...
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New training, ultra-high-density planting systems recommended for sweet cherry
As a result of new dwarfing rootstock selections, improvements in crop protectants, and better methods of postharvest handling and storage, production of sweet cherry is increasing around the world. New sweet cherry cultivars that allow for improved mechanical harvest have also been introduced, and semi-dwarfing and dwarfing rootstocks have improved the potential for developing high-density ...
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North Florida farmers are using sesame as a rotation crop
In between seasons of corn, peanut, and cotton, North Florida farmers were interested in growing a rotation crop that could withstand the wilting heat of summer and be harvested by machine. So, since 2011, University of Florida researchers have been experimenting with growing the tiny seeds you find on top of hamburger buns or garnishing salads – sesame – as a viable, money-making ...
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Laser beams and robots to feature in veggie grower seminar
Laser beams, robots and mid-air vegetable cultivation will be on the agenda for over 100 of the country’s leading vegetable growers at the 2015 Global Technologies in Horticulture Seminar to be held on Thursday 25 June at Jupiters Gold Coast. The Seminar aims to educate Australian growers on the futuristic technology they can employ on-farm, and builds on a highly successful series of ...
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Two-Day Conference Focuses on Boosting Hops Production
Ohio hops growers experienced strong demand in 2015 for the specialty crop used as a key ingredient in craft beers, and, experts say, the demand isn’t likely to decline soon. Hops is a main ingredient beer manufacturers use to provide bitterness to balance the sweetness of malt sugars in their product. “Ten years ago, you could count all of Ohio’s breweries on your fingers and ...
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Hops Conference to Feature New Harvester, Prototype Trellis System
The hops industry is booming in Ohio, and organizers of The Ohio State University Hops Conference and Trade Show on Feb. 24-25 have brewed up a program that will keep the learning flowing for beginner and advanced growers alike. “There was an estimated 200 acres of hops planted in Ohio on 80 farms in 2016, up from 10 acres on four farms in 2014,” said Brad Bergefurd, horticulture ...
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ETGAR will participate the Annual New Mexico Chile Conference
ETGAR representative will share the progress and vision of the mechanized pepper harvest: Review on 2015; The Green Chili mechanizedharvest in New Mexico & Arizona during the season of Aug-Sep 2015. Vision for 2016; focusing onsupporting and progressing the pepper industry in NM & Arizona; presentingthe advantages of performing a de-stemming process in ...
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Sustainable mechanization has much to offer in sub-Saharan Africa
Feeding the burgeoning world population will require significant improvements in agricultural productivity, above all in Africa, and mechanization and appropriate mechanization strategies have a large role to play, according to a new report from FAO. The opportunity must be guided in a way that meets smallholder farmers' needs and that does not require a Green-Revolution type of approach with ...
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