Managing Fruit Flies By Growing Produce Staff|September 9, 2010 The Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. It attacks […]Read More
Safety Key To Farm Marketing Success By Ann-Marie Jeffries|September 9, 2010 Growers aren’t just growers anymore. They’re marketers, too. And when it comes to farm marketing, Brown’s Berry Patch […]
Willing To Change By Rosemary Gordon|September 9, 2010 Kurt Alstede loves his job. As the owner of Alstede Farms in Chester, NJ, he loves everything about […]
Listen To Customers And Embrace Change By Rosemary Gordon|September 9, 2010 For some reason, I tend to mark the passage of time in school years. Never mind the fact […]
Spray Technology In The Nut Orchard By Franz Niederholzer|September 9, 2010 Efficacy, Efficiency, Environment. These are the three equally important concerns during any agricultural spray application. Nowhere are these […]
New Tomato Virus By Laura Drotleff|September 9, 2010 Another virus is exactly what U.S. tomato growers don’t need, but according to reports from southern Florida, a […]
Mutant Green Tomatoes By Growing Produce Staff|September 8, 2010 As summer tomatoes dangle from vines in farms across the country, researchers at Wake Forest University are looking […]
Metam Looks Good By David Eddy|September 8, 2010 Fumigation, which has long been a common pest management practice for sweetpotato growers, has also represented a thorny […]
Nurseries Discuss Club Varieties By David Eddy|September 8, 2010 In recent years, one of the red-hot topics in the apple-growing business is so-called “club,” or managed, varieties. […]
Proper Use Of Resources To Remain Sustainable By Laura Drotleff|September 8, 2010 Forty years from now, the Earth will be home to 9 billion people, including more than 400 million […]
Treevix Herbicide From BASF Receives California Registration Posted by A. J. Bussan|September 8, 2010 Treevix herbicide, powered by Kixor herbicide technology from BASF’s Crop Protection division, has received approval from the California […]
Record-Setting Agriculture Exports For 2011 Posted by Christina Herrick|September 8, 2010 Agricultural exports for fiscal year 2011 are forecast to be the second highest level ever at $113 billion, […]
Fresh Produce Remains High Priority For Consumers By Growing Produce Staff|September 7, 2010 The latest edition of the United Fresh Foundation’s quarterly retail research report shows promising news for the produce […]
New Leader Named For Florida Foundation Seed Producers By Growing Produce Staff|September 7, 2010 John Beuttenmuller has been named executive director of Florida Foundation Seed Producers Inc., which produces and licenses new […]
Mechanizing Olive Harvesting By Laura Drotleff|September 7, 2010 Table olive growers spend more than half their gross returns per ton on the cost of hand harvest […]
What A Bunch Of Fertilizer By David Eddy|September 7, 2010 It’s a good thing this case I heard about the other day has some humorous elements, otherwise I […]
California Moth Quarantine Tops 5,000 Square Miles Posted by Christina Herrick|September 2, 2010 Portions of San Diego and Sacramento counties have been added to areas of California under quarantine for the […]
Medfly Outbreak Over Posted by Christina Herrick|September 1, 2010 Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) Commissioner Charles Bronson announced that eradication has been declared in the Mediterranean […]
United Fresh Launches New Mobile App By Growing Produce Staff|September 1, 2010 The United Fresh Produce Association has launched a new, feature-rich version in preparation for its annual Washington Public […]
“First In The Nation” Pest Nabbed Posted by Christina Herrick|September 1, 2010 On August 24, agriculture specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport discovered the live specimen while conducting […]
