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Custom Plastic Containers for Automated Specialty Farming

Agriculture Crates, Aquaculture Crates, and Custom Injection-Moulded HDPE Containers for Mechanized and Automated Specialty Farming In 2023, a USDA Economic Research Service report cited a 4.4% year-over-year increase in agricultural labor costs. Over 50% of specialty crop producers cite the availability and cost of labor as their main challenge. This reality is undoubtedly a driving factor behind farmers adopting new technology and improving efficiency wherever possible [1]. [...]

Custom Plastic Containers for Automated Specialty Farming2025-04-08T19:29:00-07:00

From Manual Labor, to Mechanization, to AI-Assisted Smart Farming

From Manual Labor, to Mechanization, to AI-Assisted Smart FarmingLike most of the modern industrialized world, the agriculture industry is undergoing a much-anticipated shift toward maximizing efficiency, productivity, and sustainability. Driven by the need to address challenges such as labor shortages, rising operating costs, population growth, and climate change, decision-makers are increasingly inclined to embrace new technologies that mechanize or automate tasks. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a [...]

From Manual Labor, to Mechanization, to AI-Assisted Smart Farming2025-03-31T16:21:17-07:00

How Automation Is Shaping the Modern Manufacturing Industry

What is automation in manufacturing?Automation in manufacturing involves the use of technology to control and monitor the production and delivery of products and services. The goal is to reduce human intervention and error by employing machines and software to perform tasks traditionally done by humans.In manufacturing, automation denotes the application of computer numerical control (CNC) machines, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI). These technologies can help manage virtually every [...]

How Automation Is Shaping the Modern Manufacturing Industry2025-02-09T17:47:14-08:00

The Importance of North American Free Trade

The Importance of North American Free Trade for BusinessesHere at Thunderbird Plastics, we have been suppliers of great, affordable, and reusable injection-moulded plastic solutions across North America since 1970. The interconnectedness of the North American markets is integral to the success of our business.Recent political discussions surrounding tariffs on Canadian imports into the United States market have raised concerns about the challenges that businesses like ours would face [...]

The Importance of North American Free Trade2025-01-14T19:32:04-08:00

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Waste: Does the Ugly Produce Movement Help?

Globalization, Food Waste, and Individual Responsibilities Globalization in the information age has allowed societies to recognize humanity as an interconnected global village where every action we take has a ripple effect on others. This shifting paradigm, combined with pressing economic, social, and environmental factors, has driven humanity to make behavioral changes on the individual level. One such change is auditing stages of the food supply chain in [...]

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Waste: Does the Ugly Produce Movement Help?2024-11-30T22:37:53-08:00

Sustainable Farming Practices: Farming Operations Optimized for the Future

Sustainable Farming Practices: Optimizing The Sustainability of Your Farming Operation What is sustainable farming? Organic Farming, Agroecology, Permaculture, Agroforestry Sustainability is widely defined as the ability to meet current needs and demands without compromising the ability to do so in the future. Like most industries, there is a widespread consensus that agriculture must make maximum efforts towards sustainability. While social and environmental responsibility may be motivating factors, [...]

Sustainable Farming Practices: Farming Operations Optimized for the Future2024-11-11T23:09:22-08:00

Shellfish Aquaculture and The “Supertray” Shellfish Grow-Out System

The Process of Shellfish Aquaculture Shellfish aquaculture, also known as shellfish farming, is the cultivation of shellfish such as oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops. The process begins by producing larvae in hatcheries, then moving them to nurseries, and finally transferring them to grow-outsites that may be directly on the sea bed or suspended in the water using rafts or longlines[1]. The many positive aspects to shellfish aquaculture [...]

Shellfish Aquaculture and The “Supertray” Shellfish Grow-Out System2024-07-27T01:27:40-07:00

The Science of Berries: Cultivation, Harvest, and Storage

What Is a Berry? To understand what a berry is, it is important to distinguish between the botanical definition of a berry and the commonly accepted definition. Flowering plants have ovaries that develop into fruits that contain seeds after fertilization. In the botanical definition, a berry is a fruit with seeds that have developed from a single ovary of a single flower. It is fleshy throughout and therefore [...]

The Science of Berries: Cultivation, Harvest, and Storage2024-07-09T21:41:30-07:00
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