The red light signals a high-vigor zone, the white light signals a low-vigor zone, and the amber light in the middle alerts the crew to an approaching change in zones. The grape harvester signal, a light signal attached to grape harvesters that is being used to differentiate fruit quality during harvest, combines new technology with old-fashioned farmer ingenuity. When Jenn Smithyman, precision agriculture specialist at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, couldn’t find a portable signal that could incorporate the technology she wanted to use in separating fruit quality during harvest, she created a device and helped develop a system that could […]