Category: Weed Control
Growers voting on continuing Georgia Vegetable Commission
Georgia Vegetable Commission marketing order, Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Vegetables, marketing order, research,
Robots perform field work at FIRA USA
Allowing growers to watch the latest AgTech products operate in the field was a big part of FIRA USA.
Autonomous tech invades the ‘Salad Bowl’
Despite a limited number of robots and automated machines being deployed in some grower fields, more buy-in is needed by venture capital (VC) firms that fund AgTech products.
Urban grower’s plots help feed neighborhood
Urban grower’s plots help feed neighborhoods. Read about CJ’s Produce in Savannah grows vegetables in planter boxes and backyard plots.
Avoiding errors helps Leger & Son successfully grow watermelons
Leger & Son watermelon soil health pests disease water irrigation soil tests cucurbit rotation honeybees pollination grower profile
New weakness in sweet corn’s herbicide armor
USDA ARS sweet corn weed management weeds weed control
Strawberry growers group to join 2024 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention
Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, North American Strawberry Growers Association, State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, Maryland State Horticultural Society, New Jersey State Horticultural Society, Virginia State Horticultural Society, Penn State, University of Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Extension
Registration opens for SE Regional growers conference
Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association Georgia Peach Council
Economics, sustainability drive the global biologicals market
The global agricultural biologicals industry is set to explode from a market of about $9 billion currently to more than $25 billion by the end of the decade. Read more about the exploding market.
USDA extends specialty crop grants deadline
USDA Specialty Crop Multi-State Program
Michael Larose of BioSafe Systems dies
Mike Larose BioSafe Systems obituary ag chemicals sustainability
Parasitic weeds threaten California processing tomatoes
tomato parasitic weed orobanche ramosa University of California Davis processing tomato California tomatoes
Elemental Enzymes’ biofungicide okayed for multi-crop use
Elemental Enzymes crop nutrition biofungicides sustainability
Michigan offers $3.6 million to fight invasive species
Michigan’s Invasive Species Grant Program is now accepting proposals for the 2023 funding cycle, with an anticipated $3.6 million available to applicants.
Registration opens for MSU organic farmer training program
MSU Organic Farmer Training Program Michigan State University Department of Horticulture soil health water pests disease
Firm helps inventors introduce new ag products
AgXelerators AgX ag products inventions crop protection companies sustainability
Pyka wins FAA authorization for largest automated drone
Pyka drones FAA crop protection drone technology
Cal Pol Strawberry Center Field Day sets attendance record
Nearly 500 strawberry growers, shippers, processors, researchers and agricultural stakeholders gathered for the seventh annual Cal Poly Strawberry Center Field Day.
NOA convention to bring growers, researchers together
National Onion Association NOA convention National Allium Research Conference NARC