Crop Management

Enviroweather at MSU debuts test version of new website

The Michigan State University Enviroweather program has unveiled a test version of its newly redesigned website. The new site will go live in August 2020 and can be navigated to directly at: alpha.enviroweather.msu.edu. You will find multiple places to... more »

GrowSpan introduces new Series 750 Commercial Greenhouse

GrowSpan Greenhouse Structures released its Series 750 Commercial Greenhouse. The greenhouse features an internal light deprivation system that is fully automated and is sold at a price point that will shock operations. GrowSpan has kept... more »

Ray Austin joins BioSafe Systems in Southeast region

BioSafe Systems has added Ray Austin to its team, a soil treatment specialist based out of Florida. Austin comes with extensive experience as an agricultural consultant, and over 20 years as a commercial vegetable grower.... more »

Vertical field urban farm system at Evergreen Market proves productive

The world of freshly harvested greens and herbs is looking up – literally – in Monsey, New York. The Evergreen Market is debuting a 20-foot high geoponic (soil-based) wall farm that lets customers not only choose... more »

Grower’s Postcard: Irrigation, no-till organic production bring out the best

Dear reader, I hope that this postcard finds you doing well. I can only imagine that you are scrambling now in the heat of the summer, and hopefully your veggies are coming on fast and... more »

Climate emissions on New York farms can be negated with green practices

New York agriculture has the capacity to mitigate its own greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, two Cornell researchers say in a state-funded report commissioned by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. The 65-page... more »

Organic soil health strategies pursued with awarding of three grants

The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) recently awarded three grants to researchers in California, Pennsylvania and Texas to bolster soil health by developing innovative organic strategies for controlling weeds, pests... more »

Bayer, Temasek unveil company focused on vertical farming

Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of Bayer AG and Temasek, the global investment company headquartered in Singapore, announced Aug. 12 the joint investment and formation of a new company, Unfold. The new venture... more »