FDA Announces Cooperative Agreement To Implement National Produce Safety Rule Posted by Rosemary Gordon|September 17, 2014 Agreement will provide information to help plan and carry out the produce safety rule in partnership with state regulatory agencies.Read More
Working To Protect Spinach Against New Strain of Downy Mildew Posted by Growing Produce Staff|May 16, 2024
Kiwiberry Breeding Scientist Earns Innovator of the Year Award Posted by Growing Produce Staff|May 16, 2024
Study: Biostimulant Technologies Help Water Use in Almonds Posted by Growing Produce Staff|May 15, 2024
Canneries Hope To Encourage Growers To Grow Pears For Processing Posted by Christina Herrick|September 15, 2014 Higher wholesale prices offered as means to boost canning pear acres.
Deadline Nearing For Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program Posted by Christina Herrick|September 15, 2014 Fruit growers who suffered losses due to frost or freeze in 2012 could be eligible for assistance through USDA’S Farm Service Agency.
Botrytis Gray Mold Pressure Increasing With Humid Weather Posted by Christina Herrick|September 15, 2014 Michigan State University researcher offers tips to reduce the spread of spores.
5 Mistakes You May Be Making With Your Orchard’s Website By Christina Herrick|September 15, 2014 These deadly sins may be hurting your customers’ experience — and costing you money.
Success And The Not-Top-100 Grower [Opinion] By Richard Jones|September 15, 2014 Innovation isn’t only happening at the top. Some of the most interesting ideas in the fruit industry are being executed by small growers.
American and Western Fruit Grower’s 2014 Top Apple And Pear Fruit Growers Posted by Christina Herrick|September 13, 2014 The nations’s largest growers reflect how technology, innovations, and promotion help make their businesses run more efficiently.
American and Western Fruit Grower’s 2014 Top 100 Growers Posted by Christina Herrick|September 13, 2014 The nations’s largest growers reflect how technology, innovations, and promotion help make their businesses run more efficiently.
American and Western Fruit Grower’s 2014 Top Stone Fruit Growers Posted by Christina Herrick|September 13, 2014 This year’s Top 100 Report features the 25 largest stone fruit growers in the country.
American and Western Fruit Grower’s 2014 Top Grape Growers Posted by Christina Herrick|September 13, 2014 The nations’s largest growers reflect how technology, innovations, and promotion help make their businesses run more efficiently.
Vintage Nurseries Welcomes New General Manager Posted by David Eddy|September 12, 2014 New quality control manager also joins Wasco, CA, grapevine nursery.
Brothers Continue To Grow Grapes And Produce Wine – In Syria Posted by David Eddy|September 12, 2014 The war has come close to their vineyard 90 miles southwest of Aleppo, with fighting only 100 yards away.
Mealybug Infestation Hits Michigan Vineyards Posted by Christina Herrick|September 12, 2014 Southwestern vineyards in the state reports of grape leafroll virus which can be transmitted by mealybug.
California Quarantine Partially Lifted For European Grapevine Moth Posted by Christina Herrick|September 12, 2014 State lifts ban in Solano County and parts of Napa and Sonoma County.
Solve This Grower’s New Planting Problem Posted by Christina Herrick|September 12, 2014 American Fruit Grower’s advice forum focuses on solving your problems and issues that arise in business and the growing season.
Agriculture Research Service Partnership With Cornell University Seeks To Develop Better Apple Rootstocks Posted by Christina Herrick|September 12, 2014 ARS study focuses on disease resistance and cold tolerance to produce better apple rootstock varieties.
USDA Needs Your Help In Tracking Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Posted by Christina Herrick|September 11, 2014 Researchers seeking voluntary information to track how pest overwinters.
Washington’s Grant County Could Overtake Yakima For Most Acres Of Apples Posted by Christina Herrick|September 10, 2014 Apple growers moving farther south over the past 35 years.
Giant Snail Threat Spreading In South Florida Posted by Paul Rusnak|September 10, 2014 Dangerous invasive pests found well outside Miami-area hot zone.
Readers Sound Off On Possible Chinese Apples Imports Posted by Christina Herrick|September 10, 2014 USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is considering allowing the importation of fresh apples from China into the continental United States.