Abstract: Agricultural apparatuses for collecting, cutting, and/or processing produce. The agricultural apparatus include a feed conveyor, a first belt, a second belt, where the second belt is spaced apart from the first belt, a processing station, the processing station including a housing mounted to the feed conveyor, a first rotating blade, and a second rotating blade that is spaced apart from the first rotating blade, where the first rotating blade and the second rotating blade are at least partially encapsulated by the housing.

Abstract: Agricultural apparatuses and systems for collecting, cutting, and/or processing produce. The produce processing system includes a feed conveyor, a first belt, a first spray assembly, a processing station, the processing station including a housing mounted to the feed conveyor, a mandrel assembly coupled to the feed conveyor, the mandrel assembly including a first rotating blade, an engagement sensor coupled to the housing and the feed conveyor, a stop switch coupled to the feed conveyor, where the stop switch is repositionable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, and an operator controller communicatively coupled to the flow sensor, the engagement sensor, and the stop switch, wherein the operator controller stops a rotation of the first belt based on at least one of a detection of a signal from the engagement sensor, a detected flow rate from the flow sensor, and an engagement of the stop switch.

Abstract: A plant is trained to provide a trunk having an ornamental shape by causing a pair of shoots to develop on opposed sides of the trunk. As the shoots grow they are attached to a form having the desired ornamental shape. When the shoots meet at the upper end of the form, they are attached to one another to form a continuation of the trunk. Top growth is then allowed to grow on the trunk above the form.