Central Florida-based growing operation Misty Organics is countering competition by filling a niche demand.

Although current food safety measures include barring wildlife as much as possible, ecologically diverse farms may be safer, a Washington State University study involving 70 farms throughout the West Coast finds.

Donation given to University of California, Riverside will fund 2.8-acre screened structure designed to help safeguard trees against greening threat.

Newly elected members of organization’s Governing Council and Policy Committee kick off their terms at annual meeting.

Take a look at these before and after field images, showing how an auto weeder and an auto thinner does its job. 

Vonnie Estes, the new VP of Technology for the Produce Marketing Association, provides insight on what the gene-editing tool means to farming and beyond.

Equipment company’s latest ‘Farm Forward’ video reveals vision of how technology could drive increased productivity to feed a growing population.

No grower wants to leave trees parched but starting too early in the season can lead to both root and crown diseases.

Legislation formally defines specialty segment of products, opening up options for growers and opportunities for suppliers.

The lucky operations will share in $1.2 million to help improve resource conservation and prevent nutrient runoff.

Some of the early adopters share what has their attention in 2019.

Botanical insecticides are an effective early season standalone treatment as well as in combination with conventional products, says Murray […]

Blueberries lead the way, but California strawberries are coming on strong.

Adoption of ag tech, robotics, automation, and data management among the hot topics vetted at the PrecisionAg VISION Conference.

The top two reasons for growing under cover? To extend the growing season (71.5%) and to grow transplants for the operation (66.2%).

According to the latest State of the Vegetable Industry survey, the number of farms devoting more than half of its operation to organic product is growing.

Not long ago, conventional wisdom said only row crop operations would adopt precision agriculture tools. However, the 2019 State of the Vegetable Industry shows the time of precision agriculture in vegetable production has arrived. 

GlucPro frees up sugar in plants to aid in specialty crop yield and quality increases.

The number of growers reporting strong production increases took a sharp dive this year, by almost 17 percentage points.