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The Proof Is In The Produce
This Pennsylvania grower focuses on providing customers with high-quality vegetables.
Features
Rotten Tomatoes No More
Save your tomato crops from black mold damage or devastation.
OPGMA Panel Discussion 
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A panel of experts discussed the four points of AVG's SEED Initiative at the Ohio Produce Growers & Marketers Association Congress.
Forgetting Fertilizers
Tomato growers need to make sure they mind their Ps and Ks (phosphorous and potassium).
Crop Protection 2009: Crop Nutrition
In the third of a four-part series on crop protection, AVG brings you the latest updates in crop nutrition.
The Latest Products
Growers want equipment and components that are not only easy to use but affordable, as well.
New Potatoes
University researchers are developing new potato varieties to satisfy grower needs.
Growers Helping Vets
Group aids combat veterans by getting them into farming.
Providing Opportunities
Ethnic markets have expanded at a rapid rate in recent years and represent an exciting opportunity for local growers.
Deliver Better Tubers
A university study shows slow-release fertilizer delivers higher potato yields compared to conventional.
United Fresh 2009
This year's theme is innovation and technology solutions.
New President For NPC
Ed Schneider of Pasco, WA, brings both growing and legislative experience with him to his new role.
Productive Plants
Stay on the right track with your transplants by paying attention to temperature, lighting, containers, and nutrition.
Protect Your Ears
Keep yourself and you employees safe from noise-induced hearing loss.
New Lettuce Resists Leafminers
A new leafminer-resistant variety of green leaf lettuce is the first of many to come.
Columns
Keeping The Faith
Those growing and selling organic vegetables are trading on the belief of the consumers and violating that belief is dangerous.
California Agricultural Diesel Truck Regulations Adopted
The requirements in the draft regulations proposed by the California Air Resources Board covered diesel engines used in trucks and off-the-road applications. It was estimated that the rules would affect almost a million trucks used in the state and thousands of diesel engines used in off-the-road vehicles, such as farm tractors.
More Than Duct Tape
Growing up, when something broke around the house, one of my brothers would say — as a joke — “Better get some duct tape.” This saying wasn’t something they came up with on their own. Duct tape was dubbed the be-all-and-end-all problem solver by my grandfather. He was a firm believer in the adhesive power of duct tape to fix just about anything. Unfortunately, duct tape isn’t going to solve our current food safety problems.
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