Articles by brian@columbiamediagroup.com

BW Flexible Systems recently launched the Symach 3500S. This push-type palletizer is designed to deliver high-speed stacking and palletizing performance for bags, bales, crates and cases. Its stacking cage is…

By Alexandra E. Hill, Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley Agricultural employers across the country are reporting too few qualified workers…

Dave Alexander speaks with Jose Marchetti, the business development director for Ecorobotix. They discuss the ARA Precision Sprayer. ARA is an AI-powered ultra-high precision sprayer for vegetable crops.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking another step to reduce potential impacts to farmers from implementing endangered species protections while continuing to protect endangered species by publishing a process it will…

Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor Zane Beams fields questions at the Seedway booth. Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) are integrating newer technology into their research systems in…

Ecorobotix’s ARA ultra-high precision sprayer has earned special certifications in Germany and the Netherlands for reducing spray drift by up to 95 percent. These certifications allow farmers in those countries…

By Leonardo “Leo” Salgado and Brian Nault, Department of Entomology, Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University; and Rob Wilson, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Intermountain Research and Extension Center, University of…

Story and photos by Kris Crookham, Crookham Company Despite some smoke from wildfires in late summer, it was a good year for growing onion seed in southwest Idaho. This pocket…

Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor It was a fairly easy year to control thrips in the Columbia Basin, according to an informal show-of-hands survey by Washington State University’s…