Weather analytics provides foresight in allowing users to make correct and timely decisions on key agronomic practices.

Fungicide resistance turns Michigan growers into easy pickings for cherry leaf spot when wind and rain prevail. Scientists search for new options.

USDA secures $129.2 million in emergency funds to deter fruit flies — some of the most destructive fruit and vegetable pests in the world.

Scientists are working on a new project to fight plant diseases transmitted by psyllids — particularly the zebra chip disease, a pain for potato growers.

Munckhof Fruit Tech Innovators comes up with new load sensing technology for its VariMAS orchard sprayer. Learn how it works.

Federal grants to help researchers wrangle tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), a vector-borne disease of tomatoes, peppers, and scores of other plants.

USDA is granting more than $70 million to back hundreds of projects meant to fortify, prevent, detect, and mitigate invasive pests and diseases.

What do your fellow growers know about biocontrols? Here’s how you can find out.

Drape netting in organic apple orchard prevents repeat of destructive 2021 season.

Currently, there are no commercially available public strawberry varieties resistant to neopestalotiopsis. A new partnership aims to change that.

If you take these straightforward steps, you can develop a fungicide program that works for you.

EPA approves chlorantraniliprole post-patent products. Learn about two that pertain to fruit and nut growers.

EPA just banned Dacthal herbicide. Which other products would be effective?

Learn how Attune Agriculture’s new non-systemic insecticide immobilizes small insects and mites like codling moth and navel orangeworm.

Nourse Farms addresses neopestalotiopsis (Neo-P) threat to strawberry-growing industry.

Knowing the chemistry of your sanitizing agents keeps pathogens out of your greenhouse.

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has announced new findings of the spotted lanternfly in additional locations across New York State.

The two-spot cotton leafhopper has recently been detected in several Florida counties. Beside cotton, the invasive pest can damage okra, eggplant, and more.

FYI: Integrated Pest Management is now required in food safety certifications like GLOBALG.A.P., PrimusGFS, and SQF for fruit and vegetable growers.