Lettuce Thinning Goes Automated with New Machines

As the winter lettuce production capital of the country, Yuma, AZ is a hotbed of activity in the fall, winter, and early spring. The University of Arizona’s Yuma Center of Excellence in Desert Agriculture (YCEDA) joined the fray this fall by hosting a unique event highlighting some of the technology aimed at solving challenges in the lettuce and specialty crop industries. Among the most popular equipment discussed at the Automated Thinning and Weeding Technologies Field Day was automated lettuce thinners.