A new, potentially serious pest of sweet cherries showed up recently in ripening cherries in Northern California orchards. […]
EPA is strengthening safety measures for soil fumigant pesticides. The safety measures will reduce fumigant exposures to bystanders […]
Organic Initiative Gets $50 Million In Funding Last month, $50 million was set aside for a new Organic […]
Fruit growers and handlers have learned over the years the importance of careful handling, sanitation, and temperature management […]
For the past several years, savvy growers of red winegrapes have done all they could to open up […]
Grafting has become a routine technique in continuous cropping systems in many parts of the world. It was […]
Jack Putnal and his son, Riley, manage Putnal Farms in southern Suwannee County. The Putnals farm peanuts, watermelon, […]
Florida’s tropical climate makes it a paradise for insect pests that do millions of dollars in crop damage […]
With greening projects in progress for nearly one quarter, we’ve completed another milestone in the citrus disease research […]
In the coming post-methyl bromide era, successful fumigation programs will rely more on field preparation, application, and crop […]
Interest in hydroponics seems to be growing at the back-yard level and on larger scale farming operations. Growers […]
Approach Graft Both the rootstock and scion need to be slit for the Approach Graft. The idea is […]
Autility vehicle that is a transformer, of sorts, is now available from Kubota Tractor Corporation. Model RTV1140CPX can […]
Carrot crops are prone to attack by plant pathogens, affecting yield, quality, and the cost of production. Diseases […]
Rinieri’s line of grapevine pruning machines and devices include a DRV leaf stripper, which helps produce a favorable […]
In May, Florida Citrus Mutual (FCM) filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) after a […]
As 2009 shapes up in the Pacific Northwest, a couple issues are taking growers’ minds off this unusually […]
Welcome to the 2009 edition of American/Western Fruit Grower’s Top Grape Growers report. We survey the nation’s largest […]
Sometimes I am asked by folks outside the citrus industry, “Why does your magazine cover citrus greening so […]