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An old-fashioned ice harvest at historic northern Berks farm
James Macaronis stood in the woods Saturday afternoon beside a long, narrow, frozen pond, intently watching the action unfolding in front of him. A few feet away on the ice, two men were sawing and ...
Harvest smarter, not harder: Machine learning meets tomato farming
A research team led by Dr. David Helman from the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the Hebrew University of ...
Effect of California immigration crackdown on $2B citrus harvest? Here’s what experts say
The crackdown on undocumented workers in Central California snared dozens of citrus workers, striking fear into many who are afraid of getting caught and being deported. But did the raids cause the ...
How Trump's plan to deport undocumented immigrants threatens the workforce for U.S. farm workforce
About 42% of U.S. farm workers are undocumented, and Trump's plan to deport millions of migrants could uproot the industry's workforce.
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An old-fashioned ice harvest at historic northern Berks farm
(BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE) So Saturday’s demonstration of old-fashioned ice harvesting at the Historic Dreibelbis Farm near Virginville was right up his alley. “It’s really cool,” he said.