George Lobisser sees potential for in-field postharvest treatments. Geraldine Warner When George Lobisser saw a new mobile apple-harvesting system in action, it wasn’t so much the labor efficiency that impressed him, but the 400-gallon water tank that’s on board. Lobisser is owner and chief executive officer of Pace International, which manufactures and distributes postharvest treatments and waxes for tree fruits and other types of produce. The harvester, which was developed by partners Picker Technologies and Oxbo International, has pneumatic tubes into which pickers place the apples. The apples are carried up the tubes to a water tank, which decelerates them […]