Category: Vegetables
Small farmers need help after storms, reports California Farm Bureau
California storms floods California Farm Bureau disaster relief
Robotics to help Oishii bring vertical farming advances
Oishii vertical farming robotics strawberries indoor farming greenhouse
Leon Panetta to speak at Salinas Biological Summit
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will deliver the keynote address on food security and innovation at the Salinas Biological Summit.
Former Amazon exec joins Local Bounti as CEO
Former Freshly CEO and Amazon executive Anna Fabrega is joining greenhouse-vertical farm grower Local Bounti as CEO.
Yara plans UK plant to make, export specialty crop products
Yara International plans to build a United Kingdom production plant for specialty crop nutrition products and biostimulants designed to increase yields and improve quality.
UPL introduces two pesticides to North America
UPL, Cary, North Carolina, has introduced two insecticides, SHENZI 700 WG and SHENZI 400 SC, to the North American market.
California farmers seek rebound after floods, virus hits lettuce crop
Monterey County Salinas Valley lettuce growers flooding damage lettuce virus
Ohio grower finds direct sales financially, personally satisfying
A grain grower is finding success with marketing fresh produce directly to consumers after deciding to stop selling wholesale to retailers.
Steam, chemicals offer weed and pathogen control options
Researchers are examining how growers can control weeds and soilborne pathogens through steam and alternative chemicals.
Watermelon activity guide encourages children’s healthy eating
National Watermelon Promotion Board NWPB children’s activity guide
Pollinator Partnership adds third-party verified option to Bee Friendly Farming certification
Pollinator Partnership third-party verification Bee Friendly Farming Certification
Frey Farms’ Sarah Frey appointed to advise House Committee on Agriculture
Frey Farms Sarah Frey House Committee on Agriculture
Rural Voices opposes GOP USDA cuts
Rural Voices USA GOP USDA cuts
PA growers approve continuing vegetable marketing, research program
Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program PVMR Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
Balchem wins organic foliar products registrations for vegetables
Balchem Plant Nutrition organic foliar registrations
Survey shows … inflation, competition factor in farm market pricing
Farm costs, inflation and competitors’ strategies influence how farm markets across the U.S. price their commodities and food items.
California bill addresses fire costs to farms
Wildfires that raged across California over the past several years have devastated farms, spoiling crops and burning farm buildings. After the flames were extinguished, the threat of wildfires has continued to cost farmers in other ways.
LED lights help improve tomato yields
LED light tomatoes research
Mastronardi, InterGrow partner in New York state
Mastronardi Produce, a fourth-generation family-owned commercial greenhouse grower, is expanding its U.S. network through a joint venture with Intergrow Greenhouses.