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2. Blueberry producers' attitudes towards harvest mechanization for fresh market
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gallardo, Karina R. (author), Stafne, Eric T. (author), Devetter, Lisa Wasko (author), Zhang, Qi (author), Li, Charlie (author), Takeda, Fumiomi (author), Williamson, Jeffrey (author), Yang, Wei Qiang (author), Cline, William O. (author), Beaudry, Randy (author), Allen, Renee (author), and Washington State University Mississippi State University University of Georgia University of Florida Oregon State University Michigan State University
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-02
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10337
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 28(1) : 10-16
- Notes:
- 7 pages., Via online journal., The availability and cost of agricultural labor is constraining the specialty crop industry throughout the United States. Most soft fruits destined for the fresh market are fragile and are usually hand harvested to maintain optimal quality and postharvest longevity. However, because of labor shortages, machine harvest options are being explored out of necessity. A survey on machine harvest of blueberries (Vaccinium sp.) for fresh market was conducted in 2015 and 2016 in seven U.S. states and one Canadian province. Survey respondents totaled 223 blueberry producers of various production sizes and scope. A majority (61%) indicated that their berries were destined for fresh markets with 33% machine harvested for this purpose. Eighty percent said that they thought fruit quality was the limiting factor for machine-harvested blueberries destined for fresh markets. Many producers had used mechanized harvesters, but their experience varied greatly. Just less than half (47%) used mechanical harvesters for fewer than 5 years. Most respondents indicated that labor was a primary concern, as well as competing markets and weather. New technologies that reduce harvesting constraints, such as improvements to harvest machinery and packing lines, were of interest to most respondents. Forty-five percent stated they would be interested in using a modified harvest-aid platform with handheld shaking devices if it is viable (i.e., fruit quality and picking efficiency is maintained and the practice is cost effective). Overall, the survey showed that blueberry producers have great concerns with labor costs and availability and are open to exploring mechanization as a way to mitigate the need for hand-harvest labor.
3. Drivers of practice change in land management in Australian agriculture: Synthesis report - Stages I, II and III
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kancans, Robert (author), Ecker, Saan (author), Duncan, Alixaandrea (author), Stenekes, Nyree (author), and Zobel-Zubrzycka, Halina (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 2014-06
- Published:
- Australia: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Department of Agriculture, Government of Australia, Canberra.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D02884
- Notes:
- Contents pages, introduction and summary are printed. Full document available online., Research Report 14.5 132 pages.
4. GIE Media launches Hemp Grower newsletter, website and magazine
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News release
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08-27
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: D10837
- Notes:
- Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 1 page., Announcement of new multi-media platforms for growers in the hemp industry of North America.
5. Know your indoor farmer: square roots, techno-local food, and transparency as publicity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Keshwani, Jenny (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- United States: Sage
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12748
- Journal Title:
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 64, Iss. 11
- Notes:
- 19pgs, Advocates of indoor vertical farming have pitched the enterprise as key to the future of food, an opportunity to use technological innovation to increase local food production, bolster urban sustainability, and create a world in which there is “real food” for everyone. At the same time, critics have raised concerns about the costs, energy usage, social impacts, and overall agricultural viability of these efforts, with some insisting that existing low-tech and community-based solutions of the “good food movement” offer a better path forward. Drawing from a mix of participant observation and other qualitative methods, this article examines the work of Square Roots, a Brooklyn-based indoor vertical farming company cofounded by entrepreneur Kimbal Musk and technology CEO Tobias Peggs. In an effort to create a market for what I refer to as “techno-local food,” Square Roots pitches its products as simultaneously “real” and technologically optimized. As a way to build trust in these novel products and better connect consumers with producers, Square Roots leans on transparency as a publicity tool. The company’s Transparency Timeline, for instance, uses photos and a narrative account of a product’s life-cycle to tell its story “from seed-to-store,” allowing potential customers to “know their farmer.” The information Square Roots shares, however, offers a narrow peek into its operations, limiting the view of operational dynamics that could help determine whether the company is actually living up to its promise. The research provides a clear case study of an organization using transparency–publicity as market strategy, illustrating the positive possibilities that such an approach can bring to consumer engagement, while also demonstrating how the tactic can distract from a company’s stated social responsibility goals.
6. Midwestern vintner saves the forgotten grapes that saved Europe's wines
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ziegler, Laura (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-05-03
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09274
- Notes:
- NPR: The Salt. 5 pages.
7. New solar panels allow farmers to see the light
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nitta, Naoki (author)
- Format:
- Online Article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-01-16
- Published:
- United States: Modern Farmer Media
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12884
- Journal Title:
- Modern Farmer
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 11pgs, Researchers harness sunlight to harvest energy and food together, utilizing the full spectrum of light to improve outputs.
8. Poor plant health slashes earnings of an ag innovator and job creator in rural kentucky
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Carey, Liz (author)
- Format:
- online article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-12-27
- Published:
- United States: Daily Yonder, The
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12822
- Journal Title:
- Daily Yonder, The
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 4pgs, AppHarvest has expanded its controlled-environment agriculture from producing only tomatoes to include greens, berries, and cucumbers. Does a deep drop in revenue point to problems or just growing pains?
9. Proposed product label for electric lamps used in plant sciences
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Both, Arend-Jan (author), Bugbee, Bruce (author), Kubota, Chieri (author), Lopez, Roberto G. (author), Mitchell, Cary (author), Runkle, Erik S. (author), Wallace, Claude (author), and Rutgers University UT State University University of Arizona Michigan State University Purdue University
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-08
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10439
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 27(4) : 544-549
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Via online journal., Electric lamps are widely used to supplement sunlight (supplemental lighting) and daylength extension (photoperiodic lighting) for the production of horticultural crops in greenhouses and controlled environments. Recent advances in light-emitting diode (LED) technology now provide the horticultural industry with multiple lighting options. However, growers are unable to compare technologies and LED options because of insufficient data on lamp performance metrics. Here, we propose a standardized product label that facilitates the comparison of lamps across manufacturers. This label includes the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) efficacy, PAR conversion efficiency, photon flux density output in key wave bands, as well as the phytochrome photostationary state (PSS), red/far red ratio, and graphs of the normalized photon flux density across the 300–900 nm wave band and a horizontal distribution of the light output.