Equipment
Farmers Battle the Freeze
As Friday night's temperatures threatened to drop into the teens and 20s, many fruit and vegetable growers scrambled to save their crops - some of which were in mid-harvest season. Santa Maria Times more »
Downy Mildew Outbreaks Require Sprays for Control
“All growers of vine crops in Michigan should be spraying for control of downy mildew,” said Mary Hausbeck, vegetable disease specialist at Michigan State University. “Fungicides will be needed for the duration of the growing... more »
Fresh Vegetable Harvested Acreage Up 2 Percent
The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh-market vegetables during the winter quarter is forecast at 183,900 acres, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is 2 percent above 2005 and 3 percent... more »
Florida Tomato Pickers, Taco Bell Reach Agreement
In what they called a precedent-setting move, fast-food industry leader Taco Bell Corp., a division of Yum! Brands, agreed to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) – a farm worker organization – to... more »