Crop Management
University of Florida to offer greenhouse training online
Can your grower staff make better crop management decisions with additional training? The University of Florida IFAS Extension can help with four-week online training courses in English and Spanish. The first courses of the year,... more »
Growers develop mechanized lean-lower trellis device for tomatoes
A startup Michigan company is offering a back-saving device for easing down tomato vines that have grown to the top of the greenhouse. The Summit Trellis System by Still Water Designs leans and lowers entire... more »
Pursell Agri-Tech hires fertilizer industry veterans
Pursell Agri-TechPursell Agri-Tech recently expanded its team by adding two key fertilizer-industry veterans, Keith Cochran and Tim Holt. Cochran joins Pursell as director of process engineering and Holt will fill the role of director of... more »
Crop Production Services among rebranded Nutrien affiliates
Loveland, Colorado, based Nutrien Ltd. (Nutrien) has launched its newly branded retail business, Nutrien Ag Solutions. The name Nutrien Ag Solutions will align the retail businesses across the globe and strengthen the long-term mission of helping... more »
Teralytic debuts wireless sensor of soil conditions
Wireless soil sensor manufacturer Teralytic debuted a new sensor March 20, 2018 at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco. The new sensor features Semtech LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology in a wireless sensor to detect... more »
PlantTape to host tomato open house in California
After a year of successful trials, revolutionary automated transplanting system, PlantTape, is hosting an open house that will highlight the system’s success in transplanting tomatoes. The event will be held in Five Points, California, on... more »
Crop-saving soil tests now at farmers’ fingertips
Soil pathogen testing – critical to farming, but painstakingly slow and expensive – will soon be done accurately, quickly, inexpensively and onsite, thanks to research that Washington State University scientists are sharing. As the name... more »
Penn State workshop to highlight precision farming benefits
Penn State Extension will host a workshop on March 19 focusing on cost savings strategies and the yield benefits of precision farming agriculture. See event details below: What: Ag Profitability; Get Familiar with the Latest... more »
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