1. Developments in Technology and Automation for Tree Fruit Tara Baugher and Katie Ellis Penn State Cooperative Extension of Adams County

2. Penn State Specialty Crop Innovations

3. Ag Innovations Team PSU FREC – Jim Schupp, Larry Hull, Henry Ngugi, Jim Travis, Greg Krawczyk, Lynn Kime, Edwin Winzeler, Tom Kon PSU Southeast Region - Tara Baugher, Katie Ellis, Jim Remcheck, Student Interns PSU State College – Rob Crassweller, Rich Marini, Paul Heinemann, Jay Harper

4. Comprehensive Automation for Specialty Crops USDA-SCRI Specialty Crops Research Initiative CMU, PSU, Purdue, OSU, WSU, USDA

5. Adoption of New Ag Technologies 8 yr lag to early adoption/15 yrs to full adoption From Alston, Norton, and Pardey Science Under Scarcity,1995.

7. Work EfficiencyAutomated Fruit Transport and Bin Filling Hand picking accounts for ~50% of total fruit production costs

8. Work Platforms with Harvest Capabilities Photo by Sally Colby

9. Monitoring Insect Populations Goals: Automatically monitor orchard pest (moth) populations with high spatial and temporal resolution Reduce costs associated with checking conventional traps

10. Detection of Plant Stress, Disease, and Insect Infestations Detection Results Input Images

11. Autonomous Crop Load Scouting Goals: Better crop load measurements (more accurate and less costly than manual approach) Crop load measurements influence various orchard management decisions (e.g., matching harvesting to orders; fertilizer, irrigation, pest control measures) Autonomous scouting enables orchard management decisions to be made in a more timely and accurate manner

12. Video Imaging of Peachesin cooperation with USDA AFRS/Purdue

13. Reconfigurable Mobility Goal: develop reconfigurable vehicles that can be used for several functions, like spraying, mowing, harvest, pruning, and thinning - Research on accurate vehicle positioning to georeferencecrop and environmental conditions

14. WeedSeeker®

15. Seth & Dan Boyer Ken Guise/Dave Cox Michael Flinchbaugh Tony & Terry Fetters Brad & Bruce Hollabaugh Brian Jacques Dave & Shawn Garretson Bill Gardenhour Corey McCleaf Neil Starner Brian, Kevin, & Kyle Knouse Ed & Justin Weaver United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services Conservation Innovation Grant

16. Field Laboratories on New Training Systemsfor Intensive Orchards Narrow Vertical Axis Vertical Axis Hedgerow (4-Wire Trellis)

17. Peach Systems Perpendicular V Bird’s Eye View Hex V Quad V Conventional Open Center Bird’s Eye View

18. Engaging Stakeholders Technology Adoption Socioeconomic surveys Value proposition Outreach Feedback from advisory panel

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