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North Carolina Ag Expo scheduled for Nov. 29-Dec. 1

Ag Expo, presented by the North Carolina Vegetable Growers Association and North Carolina Agribusiness Council, will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel – Raleigh Durham Airport. For more information, visit here. 2021 EXHIBITO... more

Herbicide shortage has growers eying Ampersand, Accomplice adjuvant

Attune Agriculture, the leader in developing performance based agricultural products using hydrocolloid technology, joins growers and distributors in the ag community on one of its biggest challenges in the last 50 years: a major shortage for ag chem... more

Farmers can get phosphorus reduction funds in Western Lake Erie Basin

Farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin – including parts of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana – can earn money through a phosphorus load reduction pilot program. The “Phosphorus Load-Reduction Stimulation Program” (PLUS-UP) program, coordinated b... more

Joe Pezzini will oversee internal farming, harvesting operations for Taylor Farms

Taylor Farms announced Oct. 4 the appointment of Joe Pezzini to the position of senior director of agricultural operations, effective Oct, 11. Pezzini, a native of Salinas, California, started his career with the Ocean Mist Farms group of companie... more

Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee virtual meeting set by USDA

The USDA announced Oct. 5 the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee will hold a virtual meeting Nov. 3-4, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET each day. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is organizing the meeting, which is open to... more

Grants target major threats of pests, weeds to Virginia agriculture

A pair of grants awarded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to Virginia Tech and Virginia Cooperative Extension will help tackle two of agriculture’s greatest threats: pests and weeds. A one-year, $210,000 grant will support t... more

Important role that farmworkers play recognized in virtual roundtable

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack joined a virtual roundtable discussion with farmworkers to recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Farm Safety and Health Week, and highlight the important role that farmworkers play in our nation’s food secu... more