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Opinion: It’s been another ‘perfectly average’ harvest

Farmers Weekly

The orchards were radiant with flowers and buzzing with pollinators. Being a simple arable lad, I had no real […] The post Opinion: It’s been another ‘perfectly average’ harvest appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvesting sunshine: Can solar panels co-exist in orchards?

Western FarmPress

A study in New York is looking at solar panel installation in high-density apple orchards.

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Getting a Better Grip on Automated Apple Harvesting

Global Agtech Initiative

Aiming to help alleviate labor issues in the orchard, Washington State University researchers introduce newly developed robotic gripper. The post Getting a Better Grip on Automated Apple Harvesting appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Nighttime Harvests Protect Farmworkers From Extreme Heat, but Bring Other Risks

Civil Eats

In the summer months, Flor Sanchez and the members of her harvest crew rise before dawn and arrive at a cherry orchard in Washington state’s Yakima Valley when there is only the slightest hint of daylight. “We Climbing up into the branches to harvest the ripe fruit in near-darkness, she says, “seems a little dangerous.”

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Automated Harvest In Fruit Orchards Remains a Challenge

Global Agtech Initiative

The post Automated Harvest In Fruit Orchards Remains a Challenge appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative. Today you can see robots that can do practically anything. But not, apparently, pick fruit at its peak.

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As Extreme Heat Blasts Farms, More Harvests Are Taking Place in the Dark

Daily Yonder

In the summer months, Flor Sanchez and the members of her harvest crew rise before dawn and arrive at a cherry orchard in Washington state’s Yakima Valley when there is only the slightest hint of daylight. “We Climbing up into the branches to harvest the ripe fruit in near-darkness, she says, “seems a little dangerous.”

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A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

slide-intro --> A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives.