Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA) honored the second annual National Biobased Products Day on March 8, a celebration to raise public awareness of biobased products, their benefits and their contributions to the U.S. Unit sales of 100+ horsepower ag tractors increased slightly in February 2024 in the U.S.,

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Agwired

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Unit sales of 4-wheel-drive agriculture tractors grew slightly in the U.S. January data shows 4-wheel-drive tractors increased year-over-year 1.4 In Canada, 4-wheel-drive tractor sales remained unchanged at 49 units in January compared to 2023. In the U.S., percent, the only segment to show growth in the month.

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Agwired

MAY 28, 2024

8R Autonomous Tractor Farmers never have a shortage of work to do on any given day. Autonomy increases overall farm productivity, enabling more acres to be covered by extending the day or unlocking 24/7 operation without adding help. He says they leave with a better understand of what agriculture is all about.

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Agritech NZ

OCTOBER 27, 2022

and TAURANGA, NZ – Robotics Plus , a New Zealand-based agritech company, today launched its autonomous multi-use, modular vehicle platform for agriculture designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard machine tasks – to alleviate ongoing labor shortages and transform the industry.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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 DeVaney says, in general, workers are less productive during overnight shifts because they’re tired and it’s harder to do the job.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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 DeVaney says, in general, workers are less productive during overnight shifts because they’re tired and it’s harder to do the job.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 6, 2024

Without pollinators to fertilize berry crops, orchards or field crops such as squash, all of us eaters are also endangered. They worry about the inconveniences it might cause to production. Combine or tractor harvesting destroys eggs and can even result in the deaths of birds.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The clouds hang dark gray in the sky, and tender new leaves emerge from the towering willow oak behind the brick ranch farmhouse at the center of the farms production area. Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. Hes serious, measured, and focused, but also kind.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Weve actually been working more hours with less food, with less production, said Pinto da Costa, noting that working at night has made their work less efficient and led them to find less fish. to beat the heat, collecting milk from their buffalo and preparing products to sell in the market during the dusky hours of the morning.

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RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

Occasionally, we will work with a small tractor, but we use only very light equipment. Sometimes we plant sorghum grass in the really compacted soil because it helps to burst open the heavy tractor pan that has developed in the soil over the years. We were able to even out some of the areas in the field that had been quite overworked.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Just a few miles from California’s state capital, owner Nelson Hawkins has turned an abandoned half-acre lot into a hub of food production for the community. Orchards and other perennials, for example, make more sense when you own your own land because they can take a while to mature.

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