Harvesting broccoli too early will make it chewy and dense; waiting too late will make it taste bitter. The best time to harvest broccoli, generally, is when its head reaches 6 to 8 inches in diameter ...

Whether growing broccoli for a spring harvest or late fall, seedlings need warmth to get started, while the harvest requires cool weather and vernalization. Though it’s considered a cool-season crop, ...

A project involving 3D camera technology currently being developed could result in a fully automatic robotic harvesting system for broccoli. The project will test whether 3D camera technology can be ...

What is automation good for? Harvesting more broccoli than human laborers can, according to Upp, a Shropshire, U.K.-based agtech startup that’s using computer vision AI plus farm-sized proprietary ...

If you go into a supermarket anywhere east of the Mississippi River, odds are high the broccoli displayed in the fresh produce section came from Smith's Farm's fields in Aroostook County … or its ...