Citrus Mechanical Harvesting Field Day and Workshop
:: April 21, 2010

Overcoming Obstacles and Making the Transition

Southwest Florida Research and Education Center
Immokalee, FL

Agenda

7:30 am
Registration, coffee & refreshments

8:00 am
Welcome and program outline – Dr. John Dunckelman (UF/IFAS) and Dr. Fritz Roka, (UF/IFAS)

8:15 am
Update on UF/IFAS MH/Abscission Research & Education Program – Dr. Jackie Burns, (UF/IFAS)

8:30 am
Field trip to grove site to observe Oxbo canopy shaker and other harvesting equipment

• Equipment Solutions to Debris – Dr. Reza Ehsani
• Debris Removal Demonstration – Tom Visser (Circle V Harvesting)

10:00 am
Return to SWFREC-Immokalee for presentations

10:45 am
Workshop Presentations

• Transition Experiences: Hand to Mechanical Harvesting: Michigan Cherries – George McManus (Grower, MI State Ext. Retired)
• CMNP Trials – Dr. Bob Ebel (UF/IFAS)
• CMNP Registration – Taw Richardson (AgroSource, Inc.)
• Costs of Harvesting Debris – Dr. Fritz Roka (UF/IFAS)
• Influence of Mechanical Harvesting on Subsequent Citrus Crop Yields: Is There a Lag-Effect? – Dr. Fritz Roka (UF/IFAS)

12:00 pm - Lunch/Evaluation