Night shift: Harvesting apples at night
A shift from ladders to illuminated platforms allows pickers to work day or night.
Mylar machine moves fast
Antonio Montoya invented a machine that takes most of the labor out of laying a reflective mulch.
A tale of two harvesters
Two ladderless apple harvest machines vie for grower approval. They are now for sale.
Sensors help classify insects
New research holds promise for growers.
Fighting food fraud with forensics
Each apple has a chemical fingerprint that links it to the place it was grown.
Remote pest managment with automated traps
With an electronic trap and wireless network, growers can spend less time scouting in the orchard.
Applying precision agriculture to tree fruit
Precision agriculture helps growers optimize returns.
Removing variability to improve crop uniformity
Precision agriculture allows farms to be managed in zones
Ideas from Mars
Horticulturist takes inspiration from NASA to envision crews of robots in the orchard.
Time’s right for precision ag
An effort to introduce variable-rate fertilizer applications in orchards was 20 years ahead of its time.