Dr. Renfu Lu is using multispectral-based prototype sorting equipment to determine internal apple quality. There’s new interest in technology for specialty crops, thanks in part to the Technology Roadmap for Tree Fruit Production. The roadmap started dialogue in the Pacific Northwest six years ago and helped spread the goal to reduce inputs across the nation beyond tree fruit, says a Michigan State University agricultural engineer. As a result of the heightened interest, funding for technology research for specialty crops is contained in the federal Farm Bill being debated at Good Fruit Grower press time. Daniel Guyer of MSU’s Biosystems and […]