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VIDEO: Canadian impressions of EIMA

Two Canadian agricultural business owners share their thoughts of international machinery exhibition

By Greg Berg January 6, 2025

The EIMA international agricultural and gardening machinery exhibition held last November in Bologna, Italy, is easily that country’s premiere agricultural machinery show. In a press release after the show, organizers announced a record turnout of 346,800 attendees during the five day show – an impressive number, to say the least. Travelling to Italy and back […] Read more

Machinery

VIDEO: Electric, autonomous tool designed for horticulture sector

By Greg Berg January 2, 2025

Forigo is an Italian equipment-maker specializing in tools for the horticulture and specialty crops sectors. At the EIMA agricultural machinery show in Italy last November, the company presented a new, fully electric platform named the EnerG on the show floor. According to its website, the EnerG is equipped with two high-energy-density lithium batteries and an […] Read more

side-tipper device for fruit and vegetable harvesting

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VIDEO: New side-tipper design helps reduce fruit, vegetable contamination

By Greg Berg December 18, 2024

Keeping the fruit and vegetables you harvest in the same condition you found them in the field can be a challenge as there can be a number of points-of-contact in the handling process. One in particular being getting produce from a field bin to larger containers during processing. With this in mind, Tecnoagri has introduced […] Read more

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VIDEO: Tool design tackles a variety of orchard management tasks

By Greg Berg December 12, 2024

Orchard and vineyard growers not only have to maintain the direct health of their fruit-bearing plants, but also keep the grasses and weeds around them from getting overgrown. This likely requires having different pieces of equipment to help control volunteer growth. At the EIMA international agricultural machinery show in November, we saw that Tecnoagri has […] Read more

Machinery

VIDEO: Autonomous machine treats powdery mildew using UVC light

By Greg Berg December 5, 2024

To control powdery mildew in orchards, growers currently need to apply a fungicide to help keep plants healthy and avoid further complications down the road. But what if your crop could be treated in a non-chemical way and the work could be done while you were sleeping? That’s essentially the pitch that Free Green Nature […] Read more

Machinery

VIDEO: Automated weeder uses AI to manage weeds in vegetable crops

November 28, 2024

At the EIMA international agricultural machinery exhibition earlier this month, Ferrari Growtech had an impressive piece of equipment on the show floor weed control. Named the Twistweed, this automated weeder uses artificial intelligence to identify and remove weeds from between planted crops in the field. A camera on the Twistweed detects plants at 10 images/sec […] Read more

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VIDEO: Canadian impressions of EIMA

VIDEO: Electric, autonomous tool designed for horticulture sector

VIDEO: New side-tipper design helps reduce fruit, vegetable contamination

VIDEO: Tool design tackles a variety of orchard management tasks

VIDEO: Autonomous machine treats powdery mildew using UVC light

VIDEO: Automated weeder uses AI to manage weeds in vegetable crops

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