ventura county ag

A robotic tractor developed by a Spanish company with the help of a Ventura County farm is helping to get ridge of an invasive insect without the use of pesticides. It uses a powerful vacuum system to suck up and kill the bugs. The bug vacuum is specifically designed to deal with lygus, a destrctive insect which is widespread in agriculture.

Suck it up! Robotic tractor tested in Ventura County is alternative to pesticides to kill farm pests

Lance Orozco

, December 4, 2024

The Bug Vacuum is an automated vacuum developed by a Spanish company to suck up a destructive insect which attacks hundreds of species of plants.

A tractor which is being replaced as part of a Ventura County Air Pollution Control District program intended to reduce air pollution by removing older, higher polluting ag equipment from service.

Farming for clean air: Ventura County program helps ag businesses replace higher polluting equipment

Lance Orozco

, March 12, 2024

Older equipment from tractors to a bulldozer replaced through the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District program.

Local News

Ventura Couty Ag Business Shutting Down; Some 260 Jobs Impacted

Lance Orozco

, June 10, 2016

A longtime agricultural company on the South Coast is closing its doors this summer, costing about 260 jobs. Word of Hiji Brothers Incorporated and its…