Harvest nears, but the crop needs a last pest or disease treatment. There was a time when growers […]
Researcher Ching-Hsing Liao developed and tested a method that pits beneficial bacteria against potentially harmful ones. Bell peppers […]
It seems like weather is always the wild card when it comes to projecting the apple crop forecast, […]
To vegetable growers, soil quality reflects the capacity of the soil to produce high yields of healthy food […]
Just a few months ago, I wrote in this column that I couldn’t stand the primary season of […]
They may be little, but they sure are mighty. Gooligan and Baby Doll, that is. From Seeds By […]
Sustainable agriculture is a production system that is economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially just. Examples of sustainable […]
In the face of skyrocketing production costs, growers around the state are looking at their operations very closely […]
Earlier this year, EPA approved registration of Movento (spirotetramat), a new insect control product from Bayer CropScience, for […]
Capitalizing on the locally grown trend, Eurofresh Farms in Wilcox, AZ, has launched a marketing program to educate […]
So in late August I’m driving over to the California coast — I’m working, but I must confess […]
We have mentioned, on more than one occasion, that the number of farmers markets in the country has been […]
Earlier this year, EPA approved registration of Movento (spirotetramat), a new insect control product from Bayer CropScience, for […]
Researchers at the Malborough Wine Research Centre in New Zealand have spent the past several years evaluating the […]
Identification It is important that growers recognize that most insects are not harmful to crops, and many are […]
A New Zealand scientist has reportedly developed a test to detect foul play in the organic food industry. […]
The father-son team of Evan and Nathan Milburn have worked side by side in building a successful retail farming operation.
The initial evaluations of plastic mulch (polyethylene film) for the production of vegetables in the 1960s produced some […]
In my last column, I asserted that a producer’s choice of plant material — the rootstock and scion combination — […]