Farm Management
We may live in the most prosperous and peaceful time in history, but it sure doesn’t feel that way in this 24/7 digitally connected world.
Two young women in the fruit and vegetable industry talk gender stereotypes, attracting female talent, and where agriculture is getting it right.
Fear not if career paths are covered in dirt. Someone’s gotta do it.
Trevor Suslow, the chief of the Postharvest Technology Center at the University of California, Davis, has been chosen Vice President of Food Safety for the Produce Marketing Association.
New partnership will combine field- and greenhouse-growing expertise, allowing consumers year-round access to premium product.
Growers embroiled in work-related troubles have made the news far too often. Here are several examples, all with recent datelines.
Thousands of farmers’ markets currently accepting food stamps may not be able to do so starting July 31.
Recent television shows spurred my wife and me to pack our bags and plan a vacation around farm visits.
When it comes to farm labor, you have high standards. Ensure your crew leaders adopt them.
Previously, the loans were limited to housing for American citizens or permanent residents. The loan deadline is in August.
Plan diverts more water to rivers to boost fisheries.
The vast majority of crew leaders and contractors are decent people. But ultimately, you must ensure that what you think is happening on your farm truly is happening.
Vista Santa Rosa Inc., cited for failing to provide 1,374 seasonal farmworkers in California with final paychecks in timely manner.
Revised outlook tempered due to unfavorable conditions in the tropics.
When it comes to operations who invite the public to pick their own produce, there are some strong selections out there.
Now British strawberry growers, struggling to find enough workers, are scaling back production.
Farmers may not be dying by suicide more than any other group of people, after all.
Supervisor training and better communication can help ensure fair treatment of laborers.
New finding shows root-knot nematodes could sap strength from beer crop.