Crop Management
UGA: Georgia crop damage merits immediate financial help
To avoid losing their farms following Hurricane Michael, Georgia farmers need financial relief as soon as possible, according to Jeff Dorfman, a professor and agricultural economist in the University of Georgia Department of Agricultural and... more »
Uvalde AgriLife center donates hydroponic Asian vegetables
When researchers at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde completed recent yield and quality trials on hydroponically produced Asian leafy greens, they didn’t toss the surplus – they donated it to... more »
Palla added by Arysta LifeScience as key account representative
Arysta LifeScience North America recently added Daniel Palla as Key Influencer Account Representative – West. Based in California, Palla is responsible for working with corporate growers, pest control advisers, consultants and other influencers for the... more »
Cover crops, research results featured in free webinars
Two free webinars in November will highlight the results of vegetable research funded by the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program and conducted in partnership with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Eastern NY Commercial Horticultural Program.... more »
Verdesian expands sales leadership with U.S. growth
Cary, North Carolina-based Verdesian Life Sciences has announced the addition of four new vice presidents to lead growing demand for nutrient use efficiency (NUE™) and sales of Verdesian technology solutions across the United States. Verdesian... more »
BASF licenses CRISPR-Cpf1 genome editing technology
BASF has attained a global, non-exclusive licensing agreement with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for the use of CRISPR-Cpf1 genome editing technology to improve products in agricultural and industrial microbiology applications. CRISPR-Cpf1 has... more »
Determining ways to make better use of surplus produce
Concerns over postharvest losses of fresh produce prompted the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to initiate a study to measure losses in four crops in a total of four states in the USA in the 2017-2018... more »
NRCS high tunnel investment hits $4.4 million in California
For Scrivner Hoppe-Glosser, a small farmer in Pleasant Grove, Calif., he can’t help but beam at the newest thing to pop up in his farm field. It isn’t one of his 40 different specialty crops... more »
