$1 Million In Grant Funding For Onion Research In Washington By Growing Produce Staff|June 17, 2010 Plant pathologists at Washington State University (WSU) have won more than $1 million grant funding to participate in […]Read More
New Effort to Advance Biologicals That Better Protect Crop Yields Posted by Growing Produce Staff|September 17, 2026
What is Challenge 250? New Crop Protection Initiative Out to Get Invasive Pests By UF/IFAS News|September 17, 2026
Joanna Parker of Circana to Keynote CEAg World 2026 Conference Posted by Growing Produce Staff|September 16, 2026
Online Exclusive: Pepper Potential By Gene McAvoy|June 16, 2010 Florida ranked second nationally in the acreage, production, and value of bell pepper accounting for 34 % of […]
Common Beans Gain Rust Resistant Genes By Growing Produce Staff|June 15, 2010 New cultivars of common beans have two or more genes for resistance to the rust fungi, according to […]
Energy From Onions Project Receives Design Award By Growing Produce Staff|May 4, 2010 Last week, the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) awarded Omaha, NE-based HDR Engineering, Inc. its Grand Conceptor […]
Hot New Strawberry Varieties By Laura Drotleff|May 1, 2010 The Strawberry Improvement program at the University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) has released two new short-day strawberry cultivars with […]
Learning In The Field By Frank Giles|March 25, 2010 A highlight of the event is a five-stop field tour on the Center’s 400-acre grounds. The soil fumigation […]
Weather Delay Makes Florida’s Strawberries Super Sweet By Growing Produce Staff|March 24, 2010 For weeks, unusually cold winter temperatures delayed Florida’s strawberry harvest, leaving grocery shelves empty. The strawberries now are […]
North Carolina Strawberry Association Receives Marketing & Promotion Grant By Growing Produce Staff|December 16, 2009 The North Carolina Strawberry Association (NCSA) recently received a USDA Specialty Crop Block grant for $20,000 for a […]
Strawberry Stewardship By Frank Giles|December 1, 2009 Back in 2006, when a good many strawberry growers viewed the state’s voluntary vegetable best management practices (BMPs) […]
Asparagus Deal By Growing Produce Staff|November 12, 2009 Walker Brothers, Inc. will produce and market the California Asparagus Seed and Transplants, Inc. (CAST) proprietary asparagus seed […]
Toolkit To Develop New Varieties Of Sweetpotato By Growing Produce Staff|November 12, 2009 An Agricultural Research Service biologist is starting a project to create a genomics toolkit that will help plant […]
Undercover Strawberry Growing By Growing Produce Staff|October 1, 2009 The Florida Elyana strawberry is a new cultivar released especially for production under protected structures like high tunnels […]
Repurposing Onion Waste By David Eddy|September 1, 2009 In recent years, Gills Onions had become something of a victim of its own success. In becoming the nation’s […]
Salmonella Find Prompts Green Onion Recall By Growing Produce Staff|August 31, 2009 As a result of routine testing, the USDA has found a positive result for salmonella on iceless green […]
New Strawberry Researcher On Board By Growing Produce Staff|August 20, 2009 The California Strawberry Commission announced this week that Ian Greene has been hired as the new research program […]
Salmonella Fear Prompts Recall Of 772 Cartons Of Onions By Growing Produce Staff|August 18, 2009 NewStar Farm Fresh Foods voluntarily recalled 772 cartons of iced jumbo green onions after salmonella was detected in […]
Coming Soon: Virus-Resistant Snap Beans By Growing Produce Staff|August 12, 2009 New, virus-resistant snap beans may be available soon, thanks to genetic work done by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) […]
Michigan Carrot Growers Vote To Keep Promotion Program By Growing Produce Staff|July 29, 2009 Michigan’s carrot producers have decided to keep paying to promote their product for five more years. The Ag […]
Vetica Insecticide And Courier IGR Receive Approval For Brassica Uses By Growing Produce Staff|July 28, 2009 Vetica insecticide and Courier 40SC insect growth regulator (IGR) from Nichino America have received approval from EPA for […]
India Developing Red-Hot Weaponry From Chili Peppers By Growing Produce Staff|July 24, 2009 Chili peppers are a hot item for India’s defense researchers looking for ways to use them in hand […]
