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Orcal grows with addition of crop protection industry specialists

Junction City, Oregon-based Orcal Inc. is welcoming industry specialists and restructuring its management team to meet customer demand. Agriculture always has been and remains essential, and that is apparent at Orcal, an agricultural, consumer and... more »

Food and Agriculture Housing Task Force report issued by MDARD

Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Gary McDowell unveiled Jan. 28 the 2021 Food and Agriculture Housing Task Force report aimed at helping to alleviate the challenges and impediments to having ample housing... more »

Seminar precedes Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference

Harvest New England Association has announced plans for the New England Farmers’ Market Mangers Seminar. Five workshops, focused on issues related to managing farmers’ markets, will be held over two days on Feb.. 22-23. The... more »

FDA: E. coli outbreak likely came from California

The FDA has released the results of an investigation into an E. coli outbreak last fall that led to 40 illnesses across the country. Inspectors traced the outbreak to a cattle pasture uphill from a farm.... more »

Improving farmworker COVID-19 safety aided as UC Davis launches $3M project

California’s 800,000 farmworkers have been hit hard by COVID-19, the disease that has infected more than 25 million people and killed more than 420,000 in the United States. Farmworkers are especially vulnerable to the airborne... more »

California ag organizations benefit from fertilizer research program grant funds

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) announced Jan. 26 $2.18 million in grant funds are being awarded to agricultural organizations and universities. The awards are as a... more »

Registration set for 2021 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Virtual School

Registration is now open for the 2021 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Virtual School scheduled for Feb. 10, starting at 8.m. Register here. Once you have registered, you will receive an email with the link... more »

SiCar Farms installs more than 3,600 solar panels at packing houses

Mission, Texas-based SiCar Farms is pursuing initiatives toward sustainability. SiCar Farms has added more than 3,600 solar panels to its packing houses based in Colima, Michoacán and Veracruz, Mexico. "SiCar Farms understands that across the... more »