Crop Management
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 »
More than $100 million invested in California conservation needs
California invested just over $100 million in a broad diversity of conservation contracts with farmers, ranchers and private forest landowners through the USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in the 2018 federal fiscal year which... more »
Hurricane crop considerations shared in Georgia
Hurricanes, tropical storms and severe rainfall events are commonly seen among states in the Southeast U.S. These natural events most often occur during summer or early fall and may cause severe problems for urban and... more »
