Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and ...

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The tipping point for many Willamette Valley growers came in 2013 when wine grapes remained on the vine because there were simply too few people in the labor pool to pick fruit. Labor shortages have ...

LODI, Calif. (AP) - Roaring up and down the rows of ripe pinot grigio grapes, the mechanical picker is a model of efficiency on a bright harvest day. Slim rods grip the vines and shake vigorously, ...

Cherry harvest costs typically account for 50 to 60% of annual expenses for growers, according to researchers at Washington State University (WSU). With this in mind, researchers at WSU began ...

DOOR COUNTY (WLUK) -- The tart cherry harvest continues across Door County, and many producers are using mechanical shakers to get the fruit off the the trees. The owner of Meleddy Cherry Farm near ...

LAS CRUCES - The mechanical harvesting of one of New Mexico's favorite crops is inching closer to reality, experts said Tuesday at a yearly chile conference. Green chile is still harvested by laborers ...

Towards boosting oil palm production in Nigeria, the Partnership Initiative for Niger Delta (PIND) foundation and the Nigerian Institute For Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) have trained oil palm farmers on ...

L. Ferguson, U.A. Rosa, S. Castro-Garcia, S.M. Lee, J.X. Guinard, J. Burns, W.H. Krueger, N.V. O'Connell, K. Glozer Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 24, No. 1 ...

Leaf drooping increases leaf breakage during mechanical harvesting, lowering tea yield and quality. The study reveals that ...

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