Fruit Nurseries Incorporate Sustainability By Growing Produce Staff|September 1, 2008 In this year’s Nursery Report, we asked several of the nation’s leading nurseries how they were incorporating sustainability […]Read More
Managing Pests At Harvest By Jim Moore|September 1, 2008 Harvest nears, but the crop needs a last pest or disease treatment. There was a time when growers […]
ARS Works To Enhance Food Safety By Laura Drotleff|September 1, 2008 Researcher Ching-Hsing Liao developed and tested a method that pits beneficial bacteria against potentially harmful ones. Bell peppers […]
2008 Apple Crop Forecast By Growing Produce Staff|September 1, 2008 It seems like weather is always the wild card when it comes to projecting the apple crop forecast, […]
Essentials Of Sustainabilities: Soil Health By Ron Morse|September 1, 2008 To vegetable growers, soil quality reflects the capacity of the soil to produce high yields of healthy food […]
Opinion: Balance of Power Might Shift To Ag By Brian Sparks|September 1, 2008 Just a few months ago, I wrote in this column that I couldn’t stand the primary season of […]
From Peppers To Pumpkins By Growing Produce Staff|September 1, 2008 They may be little, but they sure are mighty. Gooligan and Baby Doll, that is. From Seeds By […]
Sustainable Soil Management By Carol Miles|September 1, 2008 Sustainable agriculture is a production system that is economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially just. Examples of sustainable […]
S&L Beans Finds Savings Through Technology By Frank Giles|September 1, 2008 In the face of skyrocketing production costs, growers around the state are looking at their operations very closely […]
Moving Forward With Movento By Growing Produce Staff|September 1, 2008 Earlier this year, EPA approved registration of Movento (spirotetramat), a new insect control product from Bayer CropScience, for […]
Promoting Locally Grown Produce By Growing Produce Staff|September 1, 2008 Capitalizing on the locally grown trend, Eurofresh Farms in Wilcox, AZ, has launched a marketing program to educate […]
Opinion: Immigration Debate Creates Strange Bedfellows By David Eddy|September 1, 2008 So in late August I’m driving over to the California coast — I’m working, but I must confess […]
Keeping It Fresh By Rosemary Gordon|September 1, 2008 We have mentioned, on more than one occasion, that the number of farmers markets in the country has been […]
Movento Moves Forward By Growing Produce Staff|September 1, 2008 Earlier this year, EPA approved registration of Movento (spirotetramat), a new insect control product from Bayer CropScience, for […]
Postponing Grapevine Pruning By Growing Produce Staff|September 1, 2008 Researchers at the Malborough Wine Research Centre in New Zealand have spent the past several years evaluating the […]
Beneficial Of The Month: Pirate Bug By Gene McAvoy|September 1, 2008 Identification It is important that growers recognize that most insects are not harmful to crops, and many are […]
Test Reveals Whether Vegetables Are Really Organic By Growing Produce Staff|August 14, 2008 A New Zealand scientist has reportedly developed a test to detect foul play in the organic food industry. […]
Apple Growers Of The Year: A Legacy Built By Family By Brian Sparks|August 1, 2008 The father-son team of Evan and Nathan Milburn have worked side by side in building a successful retail farming operation.
A 2007 Perspective On Plasticulture By Michael Orzolek|August 1, 2008 The initial evaluations of plastic mulch (polyethylene film) for the production of vegetables in the 1960s produced some […]
Farm Bill: A Tool For Mechanization By James R. McFerson|August 1, 2008 In my last column, I asserted that a producer’s choice of plant material — the rootstock and scion combination — […]
