Tree fruit packers believe that future technology will improve labor efficiencies while improving fruit quality New technology will touch all areas of tree fruit production in the next decade, from plant breeding to horticulture to packing and storage, all helping to reduce inputs and costs while improving fruit quality, predicts a New York grower-packer. Harvesting aids and robotics will be big developments in the orchard as well as standardized plantings to accommodate the new harvesting equipment, said Bob Fowler, who is partner in Fowler Farms, a family-owned nursery-grower-packer in Wolcott, New York. He envisions new production aids that will help […]