Smart strategies for healthier crops
Virginia Tech’s Doug Higgins to lead disease management sessions at 2025 Great Lakes EXPO During the 2025 Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO, Doug Higgins, assistant professor... more »
GLEXPO: Unlocking farm profitability
Charlotte Smith to deliver powerful keynote at GLEXPO 2025 At the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO 2025, attendees will gain actionable insights from keynote speaker Charlotte Smith. As a marketing and mindset... more »
Rooted in community, growing with purpose
Great Lakes EXPO 2025 brings refreshed roundtables, local food trucks and stronger networking With more than 5,000 attendees, 800-plus booth opportunities and over 400 vendors, the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO and... more »
Urban ag farm to be built at Pittsburgh training center
A Pennsylvania professional career training center has received grant funding to construct an urban agriculture farm and market. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) has awarded Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Bidwell Training Center (BTC) a $500,000 Agricultural... more »
Nutrien Ag Solutions opens new facility at Champaign Innovation Farm
Nutrien Ag Solutions has opened a new facility at its Innovation Farm in Champaign, Illinois, aiming to advance research and technology adoption for growers and retailers. The company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 20... more »
EFI streamlines worker certification program
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), a workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers and retailers, has instituted a more streamlined approach for its certification process. Building on a decade of experience certifying produce... more »
Preparing for your preparer
This time of year is busy, and one task a grower may have is to schedule meetings with tax professionals. There are advantages to carving out time to work on taxes now instead of in... more »
University of Vermont conducting national agritourism survey
The deadline has been extended for participation in an agritourism survey. Agritourism operators are being encouraged to participate in a national survey on agritourism operations. The University of Vermont (UVM) is conducting a survey to... more »
Court injunction blocks federal rule that could have imprisoned growers
A court injunction has blocked an onerous federal business filing rule that could have sent growers to jail. The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is commending a federal court’s halting of a federal form business... more »
Hartung Brothers marks 50 years of growth with innovative cucumber production methods
For 50 years, Hartung Brothers has grown from a small family venture into a leading grower, processor, and shipper of pickling cucumbers. The company attributes its success to advanced cucumber production methods, efficient harvest technology,... more »
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