Exotic Fruit Fly Found In Central Florida By Growing Produce Staff|August 30, 2011 The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has positively identified the presence of a guava fruit […]Read More
Why 63-Year-Old Orange Juice Regulation Is Getting a Major Update Posted by Paul Rusnak|July 24, 2026
Video: Vegetable Grower Puts Cyclospora Outbreak in Context for Consumers Posted by Paul Rusnak|July 23, 2026
New Test For Potato Pest By Growing Produce Staff|August 24, 2011 A USDA scientist has created a test that identifies the type of potato cyst nematode infesting a grower’s […]
Late Blight Update By Growing Produce Staff|August 24, 2011 Incidence of late blight has been reported in several areas in the North and Northeast. The disease was […]
Sharpen Herbicide Approved As Harvest Aid/Dry Bean Desiccant Posted by A. J. Bussan|August 24, 2011 Sharpen herbicide from BASF can now act as a desiccant in dry edible beans to aid drydown and […]
Pest Of The Month: Melonworm By Gene McAvoy|August 18, 2011 Identification The moths are relatively small with a wingspan of about one inch. The wings […]
On The Fumigant Front By J.W. Noling | Andrew MacRae|August 17, 2011 When the new fumigant labels appeared in January, every fumigant applicator in the state was confronted with a […]
Citrus Canker Added To Actinovate AG Label By Growing Produce Staff|August 16, 2011 Citrus canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis) is the latest disease that has been added to the Actinovate AG label. Trials […]
South Florida Farmers Achieve Record For Water Quality By Growing Produce Staff|August 16, 2011 Farmers in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA), south of Lake Okeechobee, achieved a record-setting 79% phosphorus reduction in […]
Figuring Out Fumigants By Crystal Snodgrass|August 16, 2011 With the recent re-registration of soil fumigants, it is easy to forget the basics of soil fumigation and […]
Everglades Project Pays Off For Florida Farmers By Growing Produce Staff|August 11, 2011 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $100 million in financial assistance to acquire permanent easements from eligible landowners in […]
Monsanto Program Helps Farmers Grow Their Local Communities By Growing Produce Staff|August 9, 2011 Tweethttp://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Farmers in more than 1,200 eligible counties across 39 states can do their part to plant the […]
Severe Apple Scab Affecting Pennsylvania Crop By Growing Produce Staff|August 2, 2011 Dr. Henry Ngugi, in the Department of Pathology at Penn State University, said he has recently seen two […]
Vegetable Chemical Use Data Is Now Available Online By Growing Produce Staff|July 29, 2011 The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has published the 2010 Agricultural Chemical Use survey data for vegetables. The […]
Films Keep Fumigant Emissions Low By Growing Produce Staff|July 27, 2011 For years, methyl bromide has been a critical tool vegetable, strawberry, and ornamental growers used to combat soil-dwelling […]
Study Shows How Honey Bee Tolerates Some Pesticides By Growing Produce Staff|July 27, 2011 A new study reveals how enzymes in the honey bee gut detoxify pesticides commonly used to kill mites […]
Controlling Tomato Leaf Diseases By Growing Produce Staff|July 27, 2011 Many tomato growers are having leaf diseases this year such as septoria leaf spot and early blight, producing […]
Thionex Insecticide Receives EPA-Approved Label Revision Posted by Paul Rusnak|July 26, 2011 MANA Crop Protection’s Thionex Insecticide has received a Section 3 registration label amendment from EPA. The amendment removes […]
Respect the Rotation: Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds One Year Later Posted by Christina Herrick|July 26, 2011 Growers, consultants, weed scientists, researchers, and government agency officials who participated in the July 2010 launch of the […]
Organic Report: Fire Blight Tools Saved By Growing Produce Staff|July 21, 2011 Editor’s Note: Information for this article originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of the Organic Tree Fruit […]
Combating Rind Necrosis By Growing Produce Staff|July 21, 2011 Bacterial rind necrosis of watermelon, sometimes referred to as rind necrosis, is a fruit defect and can be […]
