Crop Management
Drones take off in agriculture industry
Could the newest farmhand be a drone? Research in the Virginia Tech University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is bringing drone technology to agriculture, one of the major industries with excellent potential for growth.... more »
Reed, Jones join sales manager force at Kemin
Des Moines, Iowa-based Kemin Crop Technologies, an initiative of Kemin Industries focused on providing solutions for commercial greenhouses and commercial horticulture, has named two new sales managers, effective immediately. Darl Reed will serve as the... more »
Stake in UK-based It’s Fresh! purchased by AgroFresh Solutions
AgroFresh Solutions, a company specializing in produce freshness solutions has invested $10 million for a 15 percent ownership stake in and entered into a commercial agreement with Food Freshness Technology Holdings Limited (FFT), providers of It’s Fresh! ethylene removal filters.... more »
UF web tool helps South Carolina, Florida strawberry growers
Strawberry growers in Florida and South Carolina are reaping the benefits of a UF/IFAS web-based system designed to ward off two deadly pathogens, a new University of Florida study shows. That’s good news as Florida’s... more »
Sales of organic agricultural products continue to increase
According to the Organic Trade Association, approximately 82 percent of U.S. households purchase organic food. In fact, the increase in sales from 2014 to 2015 was the largest on record at $4.2 billion. While organic acreage is... more »
Planned, flexible system key to weed control
Torsion weeders, finger weeders, basket weeders and many more designs were demonstrated at the Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day Sept. 26 at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing. But the focus wasn’t on... more »
Study eyes PlantTape technology in planting onions
As Georgia Vidalia onion producers plant next year’s crop, they are transplanting the onions, or physically placing the plants into a hole dug in the ground. Farmers may soon be using a new method that... more »
Propagation textbook includes contribution by UF professor
Growers, students and professors use this textbook across the world, and now a University of Florida environmental horticulture professor has helped write the new edition of what those in the industry and academia consider the... more »
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