Farms finding success with fruit diversification
Growing multiple crops spreads out labor and balances revenues.
Growers see labor in, data out with tracking apps
Labor tracking software also provides cost-benefit data.
Investing in early cherries
Retractable-roof greenhouse gives cherry blocks a head start.
Pacing platform pickers
Manage to mitigate the difference in efficiency between front and rear harvesters.
New ways in the Willamette
Squeezed by rising production costs, Oregon’s high-end vineyard owners rethink systems.
Disease detection from space
NASA lends its tech muscle to detecting plant diseases for U.S. farmers.
Western Growers releases automation report
Specialty crop growers spend up to half a million dollars each year on automation in an attempt to cope with labor shortages, according to a new report...
High-tech weed spraying with sensors and sensibilities
MSU weed scientist testing vision-guided herbicide sprayer.
Coaching up the next generation of farmworkers
Schools and industry adapt educational programs to prepare the workforce of tomorrow.
National stage presence for tree fruit industry
Tree fruit research director participates in USDA panel with U.S. ag secretary.