Robotic pickers progress through pandemic
Companies continue to improve automated harvest machines.
Cooperate to co-innovate
Robotics developer asks growers to take active role in ushering in new technology.
AgWeatherNet looking for station thieves
AgWeatherNet officials at Washington State University suspect thieves have recently stolen two weather stations worth about $10,000 each. (Courtesy Washington
Hort Show Day 2: Tech session
Labor tracking and Smart Orchard dominate discussions.
Profit by precision: 2020 Good Fruit Grower of the Year
2020 Grower of the Year Rod Farrow reflects on a career on the leading edge of precision horticulture in New York.
Parker and Sarah Sherrell, young growers from Hood River, Oregon
Sarah and Parker are first-generation farmers who recently purchased their own farm. Sarah graduated from University of Oregon and earned her master’s degree in business from George Fox University.
Hansen: Going for stable and sustainable
Washington Wine’s research program forging ahead with record-breaking funding.
International innovation
New collaboration brings together researchers, tech companies and growers in Washington, California and the Netherlands to advance smart orchard technologies.
Forecasts inside and out
AgWeatherNet project to measure effect of orchard on weather station data.
Sensor overload
Pilot project installs dozens of sensors in an apple orchard to learn how the different technologies can best inform better management.