Kiwifruit is type of orchard facing different issues in the recent years, due to climate change, new parassites and deseases. Though, kiwifruit production worldwide is stable and new varieties too contributed to this stability, granting a major resilience to these challenges.
During exhibitions and meetings with local farmers, CaBa Industrie was asked to find a solution to make kiwifruit pruning system easier and more cost-effective, specifically in Emilia-Romagna region, in Northern Italy, where CaBa company is based. This demand for mechanisation in kiwifruit pruning led the company to develop a new bar kit specdifically designed for kiwifruit – both green and yellow type. This bar kit had the aim to allow farmers to prune on both sides at the same time and it wasn’t so easy to find a solution to gain that, in particular because of the specific shape of kiwifruit orcahrds, which requires a major bar tilting than in other crops.
The developed solution has been appreciated by farmers, especially because they are able to mount the green-cut bar kit for kiwifruit on the trimmers they already own and prune on both sides of the row.
By clicking on the bottons at the end of this article, it is possible both to see the new bar kit at work and to find out more pieces of information on it.
