Far Eastern Agriculture

JUNE 28, 2024

Bluewhite's unique technology and proven capabilities in orchards and vineyards helps New Holland customers address immediate challenges, such as labor shortages and rising operational costs in the specialty crop market. New Holland aims to bring autonomous solutions across all segments it serves, particularly in the speciality crop market.

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Agwired

MAY 28, 2024

8R Autonomous Tractor Farmers never have a shortage of work to do on any given day. GUSS Autonomous Sprayer and Smart Apply® GUSS autonomous sprayers combine autonomous technology and precision application to complete the orchard and vineyard spray job quickly and efficiently. Here are some of the items on display.

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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 We use headlamps,” she says, to carry ladders to the trees.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 15, 2025

Locals operated privately owned heavy machinery and farm tractors, clearing and scraping public roads. My orchards and nursery were in complete disarray due to wind damage, but even so, I was spared much of the grief many others are still battling. Its your neighbors, your community. Its the kindness of strangers.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Grover established a peach orchard in 1935, and cultivated grain and raised livestock until the late 1970s. When he was nine, he started trucking the tobacco, or driving the loaded tractor from the fields where the hands were harvesting the leaves up to the barns where they were flue cured. Across the road, peacocks shriek.

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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 This story was originally published by Nexus Media News and Civil Eats. We use headlamps,” she says, to carry ladders to the trees.

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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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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 20, 2024

She currently uses a tractor with an automatic steering system that improves planting and plowing efficiency and requires much less work, which she credits as one of the pivotal reasons shes able to successfully manage her hundreds of acres of fields on her own. Photography via Shutterstock. What farmers are is adaptable, she said.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Smart Take-Off (STO): A plug connector that can be easily attached and provides power and data transfer between the tractor and tool implement attachments, replacing the industry-standard purely mechanical power take-off (PTO). SIS can either be placed directly on existing implements or on the tractor itself.

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Agwired

MARCH 14, 2024

Unit sales of 100+ horsepower ag tractors increased slightly in February 2024 in the U.S., Year-to-date data, however, reflects sales are below 2023 in total units of ag tractors and combines. Ag tractor sales dipped 14.2 according to new data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The month recorded an increase of 2.8

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 25, 2024

Q: If you want to plant an orchard with a guild but are limited on resources, which plants should be prioritized? Your plants could help provide a windbreak or visual barrier, habitat for wildlife and pollinators and food for your table all at the same time. A: We use a variety of equipment for planting woody shrubs.

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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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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. Combine or tractor harvesting destroys eggs and can even result in the deaths of birds. But, it’s not always easy for growers to identify those species at risk on their properties.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Along with more fields and new water infrastructure, Brown’s wish list of upgrades includes cold storage, a washing and staging station, and tractor access—most of which require additional space, construction, and expensive permits. And despite the security of family property, there’s no room to expand.

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