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Transplanting System Saving Labor, Increasing Yields

Dan September 8, 2016 AgNeTVideo, Alabama, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Technology, Vegetables

A company continues to test its automated lettuce transplanting system on the Central Coast. The Plant Tape system takes a lot of labor out of the transplanting process and company representatives say the process also increases yields.

Water, Labor Boost Australia Crop
Increased water availability and the expectation of more harvest labor, along with increased planting area, are reasons for the citrus crop forecast increase in Australia, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). FAS recently reported that the total planted area of navel and Valencia oranges in Australia has increased by 14% […]
Lower Supply, Higher Demand and Processed Orange Prices
By Ariel Singerman According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), production of processed oranges in Florida will decline again this season (Figure 1). If such a forecast materializes, production will have declined by approximately 80% since HLB was first found in the state. The Florida Department of Citrus reports that, as a consequence of […]