scholarly journals Harvesting: From Manual to Mechanical

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2005 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Futch ◽  
J. D. Whitney ◽  
Jacqueline K. Burns ◽  
Fritz M. Roka

Mechanical harvesting and many other improvements in harvesting of Florida citrus have their origins in the mid-1950s. During the 1950s and 1960s, a consistent labor supply for hand harvesting was becoming increasingly difficult to obtain and acreage along with yields of Florida citrus was steadily increasing. These concerns led to the development of a citrus mechanical harvesting program spearheaded by the Florida Department of Citrus, United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Florida. The program sought to develop harvesting systems to remove or aid in the removal of fruit from the trees, thereby reducing the number of hand harvestors needed. Industry interest in mechanical harvesting decreased in the 1980s when the devastating freezes of 1983, 1985 and 1989 decreased acreage and volume of fruit to be harvested. This document is HS-1017, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date May 2005.

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2005 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Fishel

This fact sheet explains the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Operation Cleansweep for Pesticides. This document is PI-48, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date: June 2005.  PI-48/PI085: Operation Cleansweep for Pesticides (ufl.edu)


EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2003 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grady L. Miller ◽  
Michael S. Harrell ◽  
Gerald Kidder ◽  
Robert Black

This fact sheet gives a brief overview of a two-year project conducted by researchers of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) as part of contract WO#7 with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). This document is ENH 872, one of a series of the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date October 1, 2002. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ep133


EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2005 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Fishel

This guide provides an update of the amended Continuing Education Unit system used by FDACS for recertifying pesticide applicators. This document is PI-40, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date April 2005.  PI-40/PI077: The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Continuing Education Unit (CEU) System for Certified Pesticide Applicators (ufl.edu)


EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2005 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Fishel

Certain individual pesticides or groups of pesticides have specific regulations that pertain to them. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is the agency responsible for determining these regulations under Chapter 5E-2, Florida Administrative Code - "Pesticides." This guide will explain special regulations governing the use of aldicarb in Florida. This document is PI-74, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date October, 2005.


EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2005 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Fishel

This guide provides an explanation of private, public and commercial pesticide applicator licenses issued by FDACS under Chapter 487 Florida Statutes. This document is PI-59, one of a series of the Pesticide Information Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date August 2005.


EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2005 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Futch ◽  
Fritz M. Roka

Mechanical harvesting systems harvested more than 17,000 acres of Florida citrus in the 2002-03 season. Two types of mechanical harvesters are being used today: continuous canopy shake and trunk shake systems. Continuous canopy shake systems will be discussed in this article and trunk shake harvesting systems will be discussed in other documents. This document is HS1006, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published March 2005.


EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2002 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Boman ◽  
Larry Parsons

This is document No. CH192 and Circular 1422, one of a series of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: September 2002.


EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2003 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Forrest W. Howard ◽  
Avas Hamon ◽  
Greg S. Hodges ◽  
Catharine M. Mannion ◽  
Jeanette Wofford

A species of scale insect new to Florida is potentially one of the most devastating pests of trees and shrubs in the state's history. The lobate lac scale, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Chamberlin) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae), a scale insect native to India and Sri Lanka, was found for the first time in Florida in August 1999 by personnel of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (DPI) (Hamon 2001). This document is EENY-276, one of a series of the Department of Entomology, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Date printed: November 2002. EENY-276/IN471: Lobate Lac Scale, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Chamberlin) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae) (ufl.edu)


2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwight R. Sanders ◽  
Mark R. Manfredo

Conditional efficiency or forecast encompassing is tested among alternative pork production forecasts using the method proposed by Harvey and Newbold. One-, two-, and three-quarter ahead pork production forecasts made by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the University of Illinois and Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, and those produced by a univariate time series model are evaluated. The encompassing tests provide considerably more information about forecast performance than a simple pair-wise test for equality of mean squared errors. The results suggest that at a one-quarter horizon, the Extension service forecasts encompass the competitors, but at longer horizons, a composite forecast may provide greater accuracy.


EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2005 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Sonke ◽  
Norman C. Leppla

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) has three related programs that often are confused within the IFAS community and by our clientele: Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Best Management Practices (BMPs), and Florida Yards and Neighborhoods (FYN). This document is ENY-704, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: November 2004.


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