2008 Nickels Field Day. Speakers from UC and industry, and demonstration of trunk-shaking harvesters. Nickels Soil Lab, Colusa Co. October 2008. 
2008 Nickels Field Day Photo Album

2008 Experimental Mechanical Harvests. Mechanical harvest of black table olives, cv. 'Manzanillo' using several harvesters. September and October

Harvest using the canopy-shaking harvester, DSE700, developed by Dave Smith, and grading of samples. Rocky Hill Ranch. 
2008 Rocky Hill Mechanical Harvest & Olive Grading Photo Album.  
Collecting and grading of hand-harvested samples in the same trial. 
2008 Rocky Hill Hand Harvest & Olive Grading Photo Album

Harvest using trunk-shaking harvesters provided by Erick Neilsen Enterprises and Orchard Machinery Co. Nickels Soil Lab, Colusa Co.
2008 Nickels Trials with Trunk Shaking Harvesters Photo Album

2008 Work in Portugal. The Colossus harvester in operation in an olive orchard, approx. 4 years old. Fruit samples were collected at several points in the harvest pathway to assess harvester-related injury. 
2008 Rabadoa Ranch Trials Photo Album

2008 Hedging in Experimental Block. Trees are mechanically hedged and skirted, in preparation for harvest by the DSE007. The objective is to determine if this practice enhances fruit removal efficiency and final fruit recovery. June 2008. 
2008 Hedging at Rocky Hill Ranch Photo Album

2008 Work in Argentina 

photos by Louise Ferguson except where attributed
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