Vegetables
Late blight spotted in southwest Florida tomatoes, potatoes
More late blight has been found around southwest Florida and is now present on both tomato and potato. Gene McAvoy, county Extension director, University of Florida, reporte, weather the night of Feb. 4 and forecast for the... more »
Mississippi State sets 2018 Greenhouse Tomato Short Course
If you are a grower of greenhouse tomatoes, or if you have interest in growing this crop, mark your calendar now for the 28th Annual Greenhouse Tomato Short Course. Participating in this program will be... more »
HELM launches 4 new products in early 2018
HELM Agro US, Inc. will launch four new crop protection products in the first quarter of 2018. Troy Bettner, Marketing and Business Development Leader for the company, said the company was rapidly expanding its portfolio. “The... more »
Farmers.gov unveiled by US Ag secretary
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Thursday morning debuted Farmers.gov, a grower-friendly, “one-stop shop” maintained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Purdue unveiled the website Feb. 1 at a breakfast hosted by the Michigan... more »
Wallace Martin, Texas produce hall of fame member, dies
The Texas International Produce Association has announced the passing of Wallace Wiley Martin of Carrizo Springs, Texas late last week. "Mr. Martin was a member of the Texas Produce Hall of Fame, a great-grandfather, a life-long... more »
‘MARS,’ a new digital platform for market reporting, launched
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) this spring will launch a new electronic data platform to deliver market price information to the commodities industry. The new web-based platform, Market Analysis and Reporting Services (MARS), uses... more »
PMA vice president hired by FDA for produce safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has hired James Gorny, Vice President of Food Safety and Technology at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) as the FDA's Senior Science Advisor for Produce Safety. Gorny will assume... more »
Firm unveils new containerized farm models
Indoor Farms of America has developed new models of its containerized farms for 2018 that focus on maximizing farm... more »
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