Food safety remains a major concern within the fresh produce industry, with growers taking great precautions in and […]
DuPont announced it has divested its global non-mixture mancozeb fungicide business assets to United Phosphorus Ltd. (UPL), including […]
Gummy stem blight is known to some as the most feared disease of watermelon. Why? Because of its […]
Gowan Company, LLC forms Gowan USA, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary, with its sole focus on the U.S. agriculture […]
Editor’s Note: Leonard Brown of Earl Brown & Sons, a vertically integrated apple and winegrape grower in Milton-Freewater, […]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funds are being made available to farmers and […]
Irradiation is known to reduce microorganisms in food, both harmful and nonharmful. For leafy greens, in particular, Agricultural […]
Stamina (pyraclostrobin) fungicide seed treatment from BASF can now be used on a number of crops, including dried […]
As if economic pressures, insects, diseases, and weather weren’t enough to keep Florida growers busy, reports of ag-related […]
One food-borne illness outbreak can devastate an entire industry, and no growing operation wants its customers getting sick. […]
Florida’s largest citrus trade organization said recent actions by Gov. Charlie Crist display a lack of support for […]
As most longtime winegrape growers can tell you, weed problems have changed drastically through the years. Perhaps the top […]
Not many apple growers end up becoming winemakers, but then again, not many growers start out as research […]
According to the new Rabobank U.S. Farm & Ranch Survey, year-over-year income for U.S. farmers and ranchers has […]
For the past year, fruit growers Mike Rasch and Chuck Dietrich, along with Phil Brown of Phil Brown […]
Crop scouting is an important part of managing crops that is sometimes overlooked when the season is rolling […]
Growers considering night harvest to provide wineries with cooler fruit, and to address regulations.
The release of the National Academies’ report, “Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening Disease,” […]
In a different era, Jerry Newlin preferred to play a low-key role and stay out of the limelight […]