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The rice harvest ended this week. Rominger Rice had more than one combine harvester operating in the field near Knights Landing. In this video clip, Eric Willson operates the combine while Juan Carlos Vega drives the tractor pulling the bankout wagon, which is used to haul the rice out of the field. Ultimately, the rice gets hauled by trucks to the grain dryer prior to milling by Farmers Rice Cooperative.
Yolo County tomato farmer Bruce Rominger, second from left, speaks about the need for robotic weeding equipment during a panel presentation at the International Federation of Robotics in Agriculture conference in Woodland, California. The conference featured the latest technology available in agricultural business, from drones to robots and other automated equipment. The panel was moderated by Zach Bagley of the California Tomato Research Institute, left, and included panelists Skeeter Bethea of The Morning Star Co. and Patricia Lazicki, University of California Cooperative Extension vegetable crops adviser.
 A film crew from Bright Coast Productions in Sacramento films Rominger Brothers Farms president Bruce Rominger, left, for a documentary about climate change and sustainable agriculture. For part of the video, Bruce demonstrates the use of technology in the field during the tomato harvest in August. The "Farming for our Future" video is co-sponsored by the Center for Land-Based Learning, a non-profit agricultural education organization located in Woodland.
 Our broccoli crop was just transplanted as seedlings. This is a seed crop that we are producing for Sakata Seed. After we harvest it next year, the seed will be planted by another farmer and produced as a food crop.
 California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross discusses a grant program to develop agricultural technology curricula at California community colleges during her presentation yesterday at Sierra College in Rocklin that was moderated by Yolo County farmer Bruce Rominger. Western Growers Association sponsored the meeting.  Students at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa went on a farm tour led by Yolo County farmer Bruce Rominger, second from left, to learn about the challenges and opportunities that farmers face. The group also visited Mariani Nut Company in Winters.  Bruce talks to the students from the University of California, Davis Graduate School of Management during their field trip to Rominger Brothers Farms.
 This morning's sunrise was an amazing sight due to the smoke from the wildfires burning in California.
   This morning Bruce was interviewed by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) about the impact of coronavirus on farmers in the United States. The TV crew filmed Bruce and 12-year-old daughter Rachel on the family farm near Winters, California, The crew also filmed tomato-transplanting in progress in other fields where Rominger Brothers Farms operates. NHK is Japan's only public media organization (similar to PBS in the United States) and it broadcasts a news program called NHK World.
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