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Machine visually inspects strawberry plants
PITTSBURGH — Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center have developed a plant-sorting machine that uses computer vision and machine learning to inspect and grade harvested strawberry plants and then mechanically sort them by quality — tasks that until now could only be done manually. Field test In a successful field test this
Book written to increase awareness of vital role of grass and grassland plants
MADISON, Wis. — Grassland: Quietness and Strength for a New American Agriculture was written to increase awareness of the vital role grass and grassland plants have in ensuring a sustainable future for American agriculture. Published by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America, the book’s content
Donald C. Rupert, 1913-2009
SEBRING, Ohio — Donald Charles Rupert, 95, of 800 South 15th Street, Sebring, Ohio, died April 21, 2009, in the Crandall Medical Center of Copeland Oaks. He was born to Willis and Emma Van Skiver Rupert Dec. 14, 1913, on the Rupert family farm outside of New Waterford, Ohio. After graduating from Fairfield Centralized High
USDA extending 2008 buy-in waiver for agricultural disaster assistance
COLUMBUS — Producers who suffered crop losses in the 2008 crop year now have an additional opportunity to buy eligibility for Farm Service Agency disaster assistance. Deadline “Producers now have until May 18 to pay a buy-in fee to become eligible for the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program, Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish
Keep your farm above water in 2009: Think change
While the automakers were pushing for their bailout package on Capitol Hill this week, General Motors bought a full-page ad and admitted to consumers that it made mistakes (although it was buried in the trade publication Automotive News, which is read more by industry execs and lobbyists than Joe Consumer. Go figure.). “At times we
Airless tire may be a lifesaver in military combat
WAUSAU, Wis. — Rarely does one come across a business where the phrase “reinventing the wheel” is not just a metaphor, it’s an operating principle. An ambitious startup company in central Wisconsin is exploring that very challenge with a project to develop tires that can withstand extreme punishment, even those meted out in military combat
Just Floating Along
Planning a float for a parade is no small task. My women’s club borrowed a 6-by-8 wooden trailer that would be towed by a Suburban.
15, 16, Maids In The Kitchen
Home Living columnist Laurie Mariatt Steeb writes about the problems and rewards of cooking with the kids.
Tools help estimate nitrogen losses
There is no test that can precisely determine how much nitrogen has been lost, but there are some options available to producers.
Jones, Wilson join auctioneers hall of fame
Ohio auctioneers David Jones of Flushing and Joel Wilson of Batavia entered the hall of fame Jan. 18.
