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Robotic pruner ready to cut down production problems in apple orchards
While the whole of agriculture trends toward automation technologies, the production operations of tree fruit crops still require a fair amount of manual labor.
January 10 , 2022
Scientists breeding citrus tolerant of deadly disease
A $1.5 million emergency grant is enabling UC Riverside scientists to find plants impervious to a disease threatening America’s citrus fruit supply.
January 10 , 2022
Colombia to continue exporting most of its Hass avocado crop to Europe
Jorge Enrique Restrepo, executive president of Corpohass, said that the country is surpassing countries such as Chile and Israel, in terms of the Hass avocado exports.
January 10 , 2022
An unusually tall avocado tree in San Francisco is bearing free fruit in more ways than one
When Ammar Swalim took over a small Pacific Heights hardware store two weeks ago, he had no idea what was growing in the backyard of the California Street business.
January 07 , 2022
Chinese national in US pleads guilty to stealing Monsanto secrets
Xiang Haitao, 44, was employed as an imaging scientist by Monsanto and its subsidiary, The Climate Corporation, from 2008 to 2017, the Justice Department said in a statement.
January 07 , 2022
Indian table grape growers taking united stand on pricing
Vilas Shinde, CMD of Nashik-based Sahyadri Farmers Producer Company, the largest exporter of grapes in the country, said the decision was taken so that growers can avoid incurring losses.
January 07 , 2022
Plastic-free food packaging that kills dangerous bacteria
Potentially extending the shelf-life of fresh fruit by two to three days, the natural food packaging is made from a type of corn protein called zein, starch and other naturally derived biopolymers.
January 07 , 2022
Supply chain issues may have peaked - NY Federal Reserve
The NY Fed unveiled a new index on Tuesday, which combines different metrics of data from across the supply chain to establish a clearer picture of the situation.
January 06 , 2022
Honeybear Brands announces cherry import program
The company’s dual-hemisphere cherry program now provides fruit available during winter, direct from Chile, and summer months, domestically from Washington and California.
January 06 , 2022
S2G Ventures reveals 10 trends shaping the future of food & AgTech in 2022
In response to changing consumer preferences, climate change and shifts in the capital market landscape, the company predicts that we are entering a global food transition, much like the global energy transition.
January 05 , 2022
