Kudzu bugs, a pest of various types of beans, were first detected in two counties in Georgia in […]
The impending ban on methyl bromide has many U.S. vegetable growers scrambling to find new ways to control […]
Peppers, like many other vegetable crops, are susceptible to physiological disorders, diseases, and viruses over the course of […]
Today, adapting to the needs of your market is a necessity if you want to stay competitive, and […]
Watermelon has changed over the years and not just with regard to size — from personal to 20-plus […]
A one-week course designed to expose the participants to the five functional areas of a seed company (R&D, […]
Brent Barnhart says farming is what he always wanted to do. The owner of Country Creek Produce Farm […]
Some compounds that determine plant species’ characteristics such as the taste of tomatoes can be engineered to produce […]
According to Rick Foster, an entomologist at Purdue University, western bean cutworm (WBC) is a relatively new pest […]
There’s nothing like bad banquet food to put a damper on an otherwise good gathering. This observation, sadly, […]
Vegetable production is always at high risk of insect damage. Insect pests range from caterpillars and true bugs […]
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) recently ordered a Santa Cruz County grower to destroy 10 acres […]
At a stop in Boise, ID, last week, Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, a Republican representing Oregon’s Second Congressional […]
Close to 100 growers gathered on June 18-19 in Ontario, Canada, for the annual De Ruiter Demo Days. […]
At the American Seed Trade Association’s annual convention this week the first woman officer in ASTA’s 130-year history […]
The University of California (UC)-Davis recently announced that Steven Terry Koike, plant pathology farm advisor for Monterey and Santa Cruz […]
Successfully growing broccoli in the Eastern part of the U.S. is a challenge. Growing conditions in the East […]
Bacterial ring rot of potato (BRR) is a disease that is usually very difficult to see in seed […]
As I sit down to write this editorial, I’m looking out the window, taking note of the sunshine […]