Crop Management
UbiGro greenhouse film gets New Product Innovation Award
UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based advanced materials company, has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award 2019 for its UbiGro luminescent greenhouse film, cited by the market research firm as the first... more »
Marni Karlin is CEA Food Safety Coalition’s first executive director
The CEA Food Safety Coalition, comprised of leading controlled environment (CEA) leafy greens producers, has named Marni Karlin as the organization's first executive director. A seasoned public affairs expert with an extensive background in the... more »
Controlled Environment Urban Agriculture conference set Dec. 5 in Dallas
The first Controlled Environment Urban Agriculture Conference Dec. 5 in Dallas will provide information on a wide range of topics as well as access to Texas A&M AgriLife and industry experts, coordinators said. Experts from... more »
Valent, BASF, Farm Credit Alliance honored by FFA
Valent U.S.A. recently received a Distinguished Service Citation award for its contributions to agricultural education through the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization. BASF and Farm Credit Alliance were also honored as 2019 Distinguished Service Citation recipients.... more »
BrightFarms unveils 280,000-square-foot location in North Carolina
BrightFarms, a packaged salads company, will create 54 jobs in Henderson County, North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Oct. 30. The company will invest $21 million to operate a hydroponic greenhouse in the Etowah community... more »
Plenty to open vertical farm in LA
Vertical farming company Plenty recently announced it will build a new operation to serve southern California. The farm, about the size of a soccer field, is planned to begin development in Compton later this year... more »
Early California hemp research already yielding results
For the first time ever, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) researchers harvested an industrial hemp crop at one of its nine research and extension centers this fall. "It's an interesting crop," said UC... more »
20 years of high-wire cucumbers marked
Next year, it will be 20 years since BASF Vegetable Seeds started breeding high-wire cucumbers. Together with growers, plant breeders, consultants, and other partners, we have acquired a great deal of knowledge about high-wire cultivation... more »
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