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
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VIDEO: Canadian impressions of EIMA
Two Canadian agricultural business owners share their thoughts of international machinery exhibition
VIDEO: Electric, autonomous tool designed for horticulture sector
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
VIDEO: New side-tipper design helps reduce fruit, vegetable contamination
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
VIDEO: Tool design tackles a variety of orchard management tasks
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
VIDEO: Autonomous machine treats powdery mildew using UVC light
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
VIDEO: Automated weeder uses AI to manage weeds in vegetable crops
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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