All Articles Tagged As: automation
In more than 50 on-farm demonstration projects, crop sensors chose nitrogen application rates that increased yield by almost two bushels per acre over producer-chosen rates, while reducing by 25 percent the amount of excess nitrogen that was applied to fields but not removed in grain.
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Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory, the UK's Measurement Institute, have developed an imaging technology which can identify the ripeness of strawberries before they are picked. The developers now hope to work with the agricultural industry to turn it into fruit picking robots that will reduce food waste and improve productivity.
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Thinning technology can produce economic benefits for peach and apple growers
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The nursery and greenhouse industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors of US agriculture, and is inherently labor-intensive. According to study author Benedict Posadas, "the goals of this study were to develop a socioeconomic profile of horticulture workers and to evaluate the impact of automation on workers' employment, earnings, safety, skill levels and retention rates."
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