Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Agricultural Research Service Action Plan By Growing Produce Staff|November 19, 2010 The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Halyomorpha halys) was introduced from Asia into the mid-Atlantic region […]Read More
Hot Take on Cyclospora and the Weakening of Food Safety Surveillance By Western Growers|July 16, 2026
Under Pressure: Ways Vegetable Growers Are Dealing With Mounting Challenges By Carol Miller|July 15, 2026
Setting Sights On Stink Bugs By Growing Produce Staff|October 28, 2010 USDA-Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Administrator Ed Knipling and other agency experts met with concerned representatives from the apple […]
Stink Bug Destroys Half Of Pennsylvania’s Peach Crop By Growing Produce Staff|October 11, 2010 Stink bugs have been a huge problem this season, and one grower in Pennsylvania lost $10,000 worth of […]
European Grapevine Moth Concern Prompts Fruit Removal By Growing Produce Staff|September 29, 2010 The California Department of Food and Agriculture is preparing to remove the fruit from backyard grapevines on several […]
Worry Over New Pest By Growing Produce Staff|September 28, 2010 If tomato growers in Florida don’t have enough to worry about, state and federal officials are concerned about […]
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 […]
Melon Fruit Fly Quarantine Expected To Expand By Growing Produce Staff|August 31, 2010 Two more melon fruit flies have been discovered, which could mean lengthening the timeframe and boundaries of a […]
Pest Of The Month: Mediterranean Fruit Fly By Gene McAvoy|August 20, 2010 Identification During routine fruit fly monitoring in June, a trap containing Mediterranean fruit flies was collected in Palm […]
Serious Pest Found In California’s Kern County By Growing Produce Staff|August 18, 2010 Five melon fruit flies were found found south of Lamont, according to Kern County’s Department of Agriculture and […]
EPA Moves To Phase Out Temik By Growing Produce Staff|August 17, 2010 Bayer CropScience is cooperating with the EPA following the announcement to cancel uses of aldicarb, sold as Temik […]
Aphids With Attitude By Growing Produce Staff|August 12, 2010 Apathetic aphids — which become accustomed to ignoring genetically engineered chemical alarms in plants and alarms sent by […]
Managing Stink Bugs By Growing Produce Staff|August 6, 2010 The southern green stink bug attacks many important food crops, especially tomatoes. This pest, with a piercing/sucking mouthpart, […]
Using Bats For Insect Control By Ann-Marie Jeffries|August 1, 2010 Wouldn’t it be great if you could significantly reduce the codling moth population on your farm without even […]
Dow AgroSciences Insecticides Registered For European Grapevine Moth By Growing Produce Staff|July 20, 2010 Grape growers now have four insecticides for control of European grapevine moth (EGVM). Dow AgroSciences received registration from […]
UF/IFAS Researchers Focus In On New Pest By Growing Produce Staff|July 9, 2010 Since being found in Florida for the first time in August 2009 after already making its presence known in the […]
Medfly Mars Mango Grower’s Business By Growing Produce Staff|July 1, 2010 Although several miles from where a single Mediterranean fruit fly was found recently, a stop-sale order was issued by the […]
Controlling Japanese Beetles By Growing Produce Staff|June 28, 2010 Japanese beetles have only one generation per year, but these beetles emerge over a long period from late […]
European Grapevine Moth Quarantine Expands By Growing Produce Staff|May 20, 2010 California winegrape growers remain concerned about the European grapevine moth (EGVM). Numerous detections have resulted in the addition […]
Thwarting Thrips By Joe Funderburk|May 1, 2010 Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), a decades long problem in North Florida, has emerged as a serious pest […]
Keep Out Greenhouse Pests By Frank Giles|May 1, 2010 Sometimes the simplest things can make a big difference in the success of pest control in greenhouse structures. […]
