Stalking Stem Blight in Blueberries Posted by Christina Herrick|September 24, 2010 Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have pinpointed two fungus species […]Read More
Report: Abandoned Citrus Acreage Up By Growing Produce Staff|September 23, 2010 According to a report released by the Florida Agricultural Statistics Service (FASS), abandoned citrus acreage in Florida is […]
Customer Conscious Biorational Spray Program By Growing Produce Staff|September 23, 2010 One of the hottest trends in food lately is “buy local, buy fresh.” The U-Pick fields of D&D […]
Fog Tunnel Produce Treatment System By Growing Produce Staff|September 23, 2010 Andgar Corporations, BioSafe Systems, and SmartFog combine forces and experience to offer packers and processors an equipment and […]
Eating Nothing But Potatoes — For Two Months Posted by Christina Herrick|September 23, 2010 It’s a good thing Chris Voigt loves potatoes. Really, really loves potatoes. Because in about a week, the […]
Benefiting Farmworkers’ Children By Growing Produce Staff|September 23, 2010 The 12th annual Benefit Auction sponsored by the Florida Specialty Crop Foundation raised $28,495 for the Redlands Christian […]
VineBalance Reduces Nitrogen Applications In Grapes By Growing Produce Staff|September 22, 2010 VineBalance, a New York Farm Viability Institute (NYFVI)-funded collaboration between grape growers and experts at Cornell University, is […]
New Grants Announced For Food Safety Posted by Christina Herrick|September 22, 2010 The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) at the University of California, Davis announced the award of 17 new […]
Biotech Crops By Ann-Marie Jeffries|September 22, 2010 The conception some consumers have of biotech crops as “Frankenfoods” is not going to be easy to change. […]
Research Reveals Salmonella Resistance Factors In Tomatoes By Growing Produce Staff|September 22, 2010 It turns out aging does increase the risk of disease, at least in tomatoes. A new University of […]
Variety File: Crookham Co. By Growing Produce Staff|September 22, 2010 Disease tolerance is the name of the game for some of the latest varieties from Crookham Co. Two […]
Agents Stop Harmful Insects At U.S./Mexico Border By Growing Produce Staff|September 22, 2010 Border agents in Nogales, AZ say they’ve recently stopped three harmful foreign insects from entering the United States […]
Product Spotlight: Droid App Available For PureSense Irrigation Manager By Growing Produce Staff|September 20, 2010 The new Irrigation Manager Android application is now available for PureSense Environmental Inc. The PureSense app allows growers […]
National Ag Groups Sound Alarm Over EPA’s Florida Water Mandates Posted by Paul Rusnak|September 20, 2010 Wheat farmers in Kansas, dairy farmers in Wisconsin, and corn farmers in Iowa, along with millions of employers […]
USDA Announces Specialty Crop Block Grants By Growing Produce Staff|September 17, 2010 Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan has announced the award of block grants to enhance the competitiveness of specialty […]
Online Exclusive: Caring For Pruners And Loppers By Stan Watson|September 17, 2010 [imageviewer] Before you put away your pruners and loppers until next spring, it’s best to give them some […]
Ohio State Ag Center Damaged By Storm By Growing Produce Staff|September 17, 2010 At about 5:30 p.m on Sept. 16, a severe storm went through the Wooster campus of the Ohio […]
2010 Grower Achievement Award Presented At Washington Public Policy Conference Posted by Christina Herrick|September 16, 2010 Alstede Farms of Chester, NJ, was presented with the 2010 Grower Achievement Award this morning at the United […]
Smartphone App Delivers Soil Data In The Field By Growing Produce Staff|September 16, 2010 The University of California-Davis Soil Resource Laboratory has developed a smartphone application that performs location-based queries from GPS–enabled […]
Social Media Taking Root In Ag By Growing Produce Staff|September 15, 2010 Online social media including Twitter, Facebook and MySpace are making inroads in the agribusiness community, because they can […]
