Fruits
Latest industry survey results show fruit growers’ complaints over minimum wage laws and H-2A labor issues continue.
It’s Extreme Heat Awareness Month. The Equitable Food Initiative has a toolkit that highlight heat exhaustion symptoms and preventable measures to stay safe.
Host crops for the Tau fruit fly include more than 300 varieties, such as citrus and other fruits, nuts, vegetables, and berries.
Growers in the Golden State are on pace to deliver a year-over-year increase in treated acres of crop protection products for the first time since 2020.
Prices of fertilizers and pesticides are rising a lot faster than grower returns.
With an expiration date of Sept. 30, 2024, the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are advancing work on a new Farm Bill.
State of the Industry survey respondents indicate increased rainfall helping pests prevail.
USDA is expanding coverage options and making additional policy updates starting for 2025 crop year.
While IoT holds the key to a revolutionary future in ag, it is only through the lens of stringent security that we can fully realize its benefits.
Geneva, NY, facility will house the ARS Grape Genetics Research Unit and ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit.
A section of this year’s State of the Fruit and Nut Industry survey was dedicated to retired growers. And we heard back from almost three dozen of them!
GPS-guided machinery providing real-time insights that help growers automate a number of processes and work with higher precision.
President and CEO Zachary Fraser has background in sports marketing, not agriculture.
Learn more about the collaborative effort that aims to map the latest growth of the controlled environment agriculture industry.
Myriad solutions being tried by growers of the popular apple variety to prevent bitter pit.
Pathogens responsible for citrus fruit drop identified. And HLB is not among them. Symposium to offer more insight and solutions.
Recent excess rainfall event swamps parts of the Sunshine State. University of Florida researchers want to hear from growers about impacts.
Learn who earned honors this year among top apple growers from the East, Midwest/Mountain, and West regions.
Initial find has long been feared because the Golden State produces 90% of the nation’s grapes, the invasive pest’s favorite food.