Pest Of The Month: Southern Blight Posted by Christina Herrick|September 28, 2010 Identification Southern blight is caused by a soil-borne fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii. Typical symptoms include a whitish fungal growth […]Read More
New Study Digs Into What It Costs To Grow Blackberries By UC Agriculture and Natural Resources News|May 7, 2024
Research Reveals Salmonella Resistance Factors In Tomatoes By Growing Produce Staff|September 22, 2010 It turns out aging does increase the risk of disease, at least in tomatoes. A new University of […]
Tomato Growers Launch Online Database By Growing Produce Staff|September 14, 2010 California Tomato Farmers (CTF) now have additional reassurance for their buyers that the tomatoes they purchase are grown […]
New Tomato Virus By Laura Drotleff|September 9, 2010 Another virus is exactly what U.S. tomato growers don’t need, but according to reports from southern Florida, a […]
Mutant Green Tomatoes By Growing Produce Staff|September 8, 2010 As summer tomatoes dangle from vines in farms across the country, researchers at Wake Forest University are looking […]
Tool For Tomato Growers By Growing Produce Staff|August 26, 2010 New university studies demonstrate that IPM programs with Regalia fungicide from Marrone Bio Innovations provide control of bacterial spot […]
In The Greenhouse: Tomato Updates By Rick Snyder|August 6, 2010 Let’s cover a few relevant greenhouse tomato topics this month. These topics are based mostly on recent calls, […]
Tips to Ease Transplant Shock By David Eddy|July 8, 2010 Growers of a wide variety of vegetable crops are increasingly moving away from direct seeding to using transplants […]
Hearne Produce Grows By Meeting Demand By Paul Rusnak|July 1, 2010 Building on a good thing and making it better is not as easy as it sounds. One wrong […]
Oversupplied Florida Tomato Growers To Get Some Relief By Growing Produce Staff|June 7, 2010 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA’s intention to purchase up to $6 million of fresh tomatoes for federal […]
Tomato Vendors Cited For Violating Food Safety Rules Posted by Christina Herrick|May 18, 2010 Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced that six tomato vendors at a private Immokalee […]
State House Helps Along Tomato Food Safety Bill By Growing Produce Staff|April 16, 2010 The Florida House of Representatives voted on and unanimously (114-0) passed the proposed Tomato Food Safety bill. This action […]
Gene Identified That Can Boost Tomato Yields By Growing Produce Staff|March 30, 2010 A Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientist in New York and his colleagues at the Hebrew University in […]
Florida Senate Passes Tomato Safety Bill By Growing Produce Staff|March 24, 2010 The state Senate has passed a bill designed to ensure the safety of Florida-grown tomatoes following a false […]
Tomato Supply Squeezed By Growing Produce Staff|March 3, 2010 The record-breaking cold spell that affected Florida for almost two weeks straight in January hit many growers hard, […]
Tomato Growers Offer Social Accountability Program By Growing Produce Staff|February 16, 2010 As a result of customer negotiations, members of the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange are offering a new social […]
United Fresh Releases Updated Industry Metrics For Tomato Food Safety By Growing Produce Staff|December 23, 2009 With an increased spotlight on food safety issues, buyers and suppliers of fresh and fresh-cut tomatoes now have […]
East Coast Growers First To Hike Pay For Florida Tomato Workers By Growing Produce Staff|September 23, 2009 East Coast Growers and Packers, one of Florida’s largest tomato growers, confirmed that it has agreed to work […]
Luawanna Hallstrom Talks about Labor and the Ag Industry Posted by Christina Herrick|August 11, 2009 Editor’s Note: We asked Luawanna Hallstrom, chief operating officer of vine ripe tomato producer Harry Singh & Sons […]
In The Greenhouse: Tomato Growers are Branching Out By Rick Snyder|August 3, 2009 It was the great philosopher Yogi Berra who said “When you come to a fork in the road … […]
