Real-time crop information

Off-the-shelf load cells used in Julie Tarara’s research automatically detect increases in the tension of a grape trellis wire every ten seconds, formulating an average every 15 minutes. Dr. Julie Tarara is completing research that could revolutionize the way grape crops are managed by providing real-time information on the crop’s progress throughout the growing season. The technique could help growers to better manage the crop and be used to estimate crop tonnage. The current method of estimating grape crops is time consuming, labor intensive, and not always accurate. Traditionally, the size of a grape crop is estimated by counting and […]