Technology
Tractor skills and safety training video released
Washington State Tree Fruit Association is pleased to announce the release of a tractor safety training video for orchard workers in partnership with G.S. Long Co. Tractors are incredibly powerful machines and are an essential... more »
Smart Yields among winners in Swiss ag innovation challenge
Hawaii-based agriculture technology company Smart Yields is among 16 winners in a global innovation challenge hosted by the Canton of Fribourg in western Switzerland. The Canton of Fribourg launched the publicly sponsored Agri & Co... more »
Wheatsheaf Group buys Purfresh, a CA systems provider
Wheatsheaf Group Limited recently purchased a majority stake in Purfresh, a global provider of controlled atmosphere systems. Purfresh systems are marketed as reducing the risk of high-value cargo loss through spoilage in refrigerated ocean shipping containers.... more »
Agrothermal Systems introduces new machines for produce
A new machine has been added to the Agrothermal line of machines featuring the flexibility to treat both row and vertical crops with just a switch of the vent assembly. The Agrotherm XR1 is the... more »
Award lauds game-changing tech innovations
Know of a science or technology innovation that can help the produce and floral industry to create better products, processes or other customer value? Put a spotlight on it by nominating it for Produce Marketing... more »
Cutting chemicals, advancing production robotics research goal
Agricultural producers annually spray nearly $15 billion worth of chemicals yet still lose 37 percent of crop yield to pest damage. As the industry moves to sustainably intensify production to feed a growing population, a... more »
Counting app released for Munckhof’s Pluk-O-Trak
Munckhof Fruit Tech Innovators have debuted automatic counting function for its Pluk-O-Trak advanced harvesting system. The new product automatically counts the quantity of harvested fruit per picker and per row. The new app will help... more »
Specialty crop tools among World Ag Expo’s top products
Results are in for World Ag Expo’s Top-10 New Products Competition, sponsored by Bank of America. A large and impressive field of cutting-edge, cost-saving, and resource-managing products were submitted for the contest by exhibitors of... more »
