Participants in Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage are subject to acre-for-acre payment reduction when fruits, nuts, and vegetables are planted on payment acres.
It is hoped that with approximately $66 million in Specialty Crop Block Grants, research will be conducted to find new weed control and fumigant options.
USDA announces the availability of the funds to state departments of agriculture for projects that help support specialty crop growers through research programs.
Growers in additional counties now eligible to apply for funding with expanded primary natural disaster designation and additional contiguous counties.
American Fruit Grower talks with Tracy Leskey, the USDA scientist based in Kearneysville, WV, who is leading the national team of scientists battling the brown marmorated stink bug.
An Oregon State University researcher is aiming to lower production costs for growers by creating a new kind of blueberry that develops as a tree instead of the traditional bush.
