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Photo 1. FarmWise Titan autonomous tractor equipped with split knives; it currently does not operate fully autonomously due to Cal OSHA regulations.

Automated Weeders: Optimizing their value

May 17, 2021
By Richard F Smith
Richard Smith is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Farm Advisor in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. Automated weeders remove weeds inside the three- to five-inch-wide uncultivated band left around the seedline by standard cultivation.
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Cattle with portable water source

How to Use Grazing as a Non-Chemical Weed Control Strategy

May 2, 2021
By Devii R Rao
Do you want to control your rangeland weeds without using herbicides? Check out the new manual called, Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control, a collaboration between the University of California Cooperative Extension and California Invasive Plant Council.
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