USA: Researchers help peanut farmers with X-ray technology
March 1st, 2009
By Leah Germain
Researchers may sometimes complain they work for peanuts, but scientists at the USA's National Peanut Research Laboratory have shown that this is not always a bad thing: they have developed new high-tech grading methods that could dramatically boost the American peanut industry.
Engineer Hank Sheppard and research leader Marshall Lamb discovered that X-ray technology has proven to be a faster and more efficient alternative to manual peanut grading.
"We have been working with the industry for 15-20 years," said Marshall. "What we ...
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