Crop advisors are a critical resource for the nation’s largest growers. We check in with a PCA for one of the 2014 Top 100 Growers to learn the ins and outs of the job.

Stemilt Growers receives rights to MN55, a Honeycrisp cross, from the University of Minnesota.

Growing cherries under protective covers offers several advantages, including reducing the incidence of cracking.

Nurseries struggling to balance continued demand for nursery stock and resources as fruit plantings continue to climb.

Improving groundwater management and managing salinity are a couple tactics growers can use to cope with the effects of the drought.

Don’t get caught up in easily prevented legal troubles from a lack of planning.

EIMA International will feature more than 1,800 exhibitors from 40 countries, approximately 200,000 visitors, and 40 official foreign delegations.

Design made with growers in mind, allows on-the-go data entry.

Researchers use RFID technology to find transport conditions suitable for strawberries.

Saylor’s Farm experiments with hydroponic production yield earlier, higher-quality and more marketable crops.

State Department of Pesticide Regulation finds that 95% of produce was in compliance.

New USDA program to provide coverage for all agricultural commodities.

Arriving College Of Agriculture And Life Sciences students bring strong credentials and diversity.

Generally high quality predicted at U.S. Apple Association Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference.

Conditions lately have been ripe for fungi fiasco.

Pressure building as traps filling up with pest by the hundreds.

Global warming trends fuel parched prediction from scientists.

Trimble adds two apps that work with their Connected Farm Web-based solution, providing growers and their advisors with more detailed field information.

Humidity, ethylene, and temperature can all impact fruit quality.