orchard News
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New 3 Row Sprayer - Demo Now!
Introducing one of Kirkland’s newest products, the H.S.S 3 Row Orchard Sprayer. This impressive low-maintenance, practical and user friendly three-row orchard sprayer has been developed to get a maximum spray capacity. This orchard sprayer is able to treat a large surface in a short time, circa 6 to 7 hectares an hour. This impressive sprayer is in stock and available to demo now! Click ...
By Kirkland UK
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Finapp arrives on the African continent
Less than two months after its beginning, this 2022 continues to give us satisfaction and, after installations in Asia, Latin America and Europe, Finapp has also arrived in the African continent! The Finapp probe was installed in Morocco in collaboration with the Cadi Ayyad University (Marrakech) as part of the PRIMA-IDEWA project and MAB COMPANY for the introduction our products in ...
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Wild bees boost apple harvest
Orchards pollinated by a wide range of wild bee species grow more apples than those pollinated by fewer species, finds a new US study. Its authors suggest that farmers could consider investing in wild bee conservation to improve crop yield. Many farmers around the world hire or manage hives of honeybees to help pollinate crops including fruit and nuts. However, demand for pollinator-dependent ...
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Orchard management practices may lead to changes in diversity of spiders
Different management practices using pesticides affect the diversity, number and ecological traits of ground spiders in apple orchards, a new study finds. Because spiders are viewed as good indicators of the quality of an entire ecosystem, the results reveal that organic orchard management may be better for local management and landscape characteristics when compared to those with pesticide use. ...
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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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Product Auto Hydraulic Weeder
JAGODA JPS celebrate the 21 years anniversary by announcing a new product Auto hydraulic weeder. The new product is designed for mechanical weed control in fruit and orchard trees. This reduces the cost of maintenance and facilitates keeping these crops. The auto hydraulic weeder machine is perfect for organic fruit farming and orchard trees, can significantly reduce or even eliminate the use ...
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Targi Kielce 2016 Award For OSKAR 4WD
During Targi Kielce Fair 2016, OSKAR 4WD Self-Propelled Berry Harvester won a prize for the most significant innovation product. The Targi Kielce Fair and expo organised ranked second in Central and Eastern Europe. Regularly, JAGODA JPS is awarded for the most innovative and significant contribution to the development of horticulture and orchards tree products, we were confirmed as one of the ...
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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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New ISOBUS terminal SMART570 available
Müller-Elektronik reports the start of series production for the new ISOBUS terminal SMART570. The very compact entry-level device works independently of the manufacturer and is designed to be particularly user-friendly with its easy-to-use functions. The operating and display unit SMART570 complies with ISOBUS standard ISO 11783. As a universal terminal (UT) it can be used on all ISOBUS ...
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Continuous Fumigation Monitor Detects Sub TLV Concentrations of Methyl Bromide
A continuous gas monitoring system designed to detect and measure sub threshold limit value (TLV) concentrations of methyl bromide is now available from PureAire Monitoring Systems. Extremely sensitive and highly specific, the PureAire Air check Advantage Methyl Bromide Monitoring System is capable of low 0.5 parts-per-million (PPM) detection of this highly toxic chemical. Designed for use in ...
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Select groundcover management systems found viable for organically managed apple orchard
Determining and implementing orchard management practices that can improve soil organic matter is one of the primary goals of the USDA's National Organic Program. For producers in the southeastern United States, where interest in small-scale and organically managed orchards is growing, the challenge can be finding combinations of groundcover management systems and organic nutrient sources that ...
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Workshop: Grazing Management in Northern Climate, July 27 in Duluth
Join SFA Livestock & Grazing Specialist Kent Solberg for a discussion on soil health in a northern climate as SFA Lake Superior Chapter hosts a Grazing Management Field Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., July 27, at Canosia Grove Farm & Cidery, 5508 Martin Rd, Duluth. Solberg will discuss grazing and soil health at Canosia Grove, which grazes Icelandic sheep and also boasts an established ...
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Application for the calculation of C02 balance in olive farming
We now have evidence that, when the appropriate agricultural practices are applied, the carbon sink effect (or carbon sequestration) of olive trees through the biomass and soil is much greater than the greenhouse gas emissions for one production unit (one litre of virgin olive oil). According to Environmental Product Declarations for olive oil and published research, on average 1.5 kg of CO2e is ...
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The Bumper Apple Harvest continues – Cone Bottom Tanks bring cider makers success
Amongst the growers reporting 2015 to be a record apple harvest are the monks of Ampleforth Abbey whose orchards in the North of England are still harvested by hand. The orchard comprises some 2,000 trees that span over 40 varieties of apple, with some being ready for harvest at different times of the year. Therefore, the yield will span over several months. According to official figures from ...
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Rolling out our new technology
We are partnering with Government and Industry to begin a new national fruit fly survelliance project. Grids of RapidAIM’s GenII Smart Traps will be installed at five national locations in Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. Hundreds of traps will be installed nation wide and monitored for the fruit growing season of 2018-19. The RapidAIM ...
By RapidAIM
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The Ioc Welcomes Grandes Pagos Del Olivar
On Wednesday 21 February, representatives of the founding partners of the Spanish association Grandes Pagos del Olivar were received by IOC Executive Director Jaime Lillo at the Organisation’s headquarters in Madrid. The association took the opportunity to congratulate Lillo on his mandate and took stock of the situation of the olive oil sector, mainly in what regards EVOOs. The meeting ...
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Remote pest managment with automated traps
A decade spent developing pheromones for pest management underscored the importance of these chemicals for Michael Gilbert, president and CEO of British Columbia’s SemiosBio Technologies Inc. But at a cost of up to $5,000 a kilogram, pheromones are also one of the costliest pest control products on the market, making targeted deployment key to cost-effectiveness. Ideally, growers would ...
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PureAire Methyl Bromide Monitor is approved for fumigation monitoring by California EPA
Effective June 25, 2008, the Department of Pesticide Regulation of the California EPA has added a real time remote sensor monitor for the detection of methyl bromide by PureAire Monitoring Systems, in addition to colorimetric detector tubes. The PureAire Air Check Advantage Continuous Methyl Bromide Monitor can now be used to monitor enclosed areas, including greenhouse soil fumigation and ...
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Patches of flowers boost pollinator diversity and lead to higher crop yields
Falling levels of insect pollination are causing declining yields of important agricultural crops. However, new research from South Africa now indicates that planting small patches of native flowers in agricultural fields can be a profitable and sustainable method of increasing pollination and yield. Insect pollination is a vital ecosystem service as animal-pollinated crops form an essential ...
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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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