[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] My first experience with mechanization research was in 1970 at the University of Hawaii, where I was an agricultural engineering student working towards a masters degree. My assistantship was partially funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and concerned the feasibility of shake-catch harvesting of macadamia nuts. Mechanization research had been on the rise for about ten years, intensified by the loss of the Mexican bracero program in 1964. The ARS hired me […]