The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association (FFVA) named Mike Joyner as the organization’s new president in October 2018. He succeeded long-time FFVA president Mike Stuart.
Joyner’s experienc...
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Cover crops can play an important role in promoting the health and fertility of agricultural soils. In addition to adding organic matter, cover crops have the potential to provide a number of services...
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No roads lead to Bethel, Alaska, but for months bush pilots will leave town with boxes full of fruit and vegetables for households in villages within a 150-mile radius.
Tim and Lisa Meyers have est...
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Growers still bear responsibility for irrigating specialty crops, but technology offers a few helping hands for the task.
Sensors detect moisture in the air or soil. Weather networks record historica...
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Plantings seem steady, but weather remains the unknown as growers estimate harvests yet to come in 2019.
A cold spring had in late May delayed the harvests of spring crops like asparagus, while siz...
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Talking to researchers and companies about their genetically-engineered projects for specialty crops is a little bit like a trip to a grower’s dream world.
Imagine ground cherries that stay on th...
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