Vegetables
Cost share assistance available to organic producers
Starting March 20, organic producers and handlers will be able to visit over 2,100 USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices to apply for federal reimbursement to assist with the cost of receiving and maintaining organic... more »
Johnny’s hosts Culinary Breeding Network’s Lane Selman
Johnny’s Selected Seeds hosted Lane Selman, founder and director of the Culinary Breeding Network (CBN) in Portland, Oregon, as guest speaker at its Research Farm in Albion, Maine. Present at the day-long series of presentations,... more »
DuPont, Syngenta publish joint patent for new herbicide
Syngenta and DuPont Crop Protection have published a joint patent focused on the development of a new herbicide chemistry class. Collaboration on the project started in 2015 and has resulted in the joint patent entitled... more »
John Cochran joins Hollandia Produce as CEO
Hollandia Produce, a portfolio company of Mosaic Capital Partners, has named John Cochran as its new chief executive officer effective Nov. 14, 2016. Cochran’s experience as a CEO of high-growth CPG businesses will serve as... more »
Penn State launches FSMA information website
Penn State Extension recently launched a new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) information website and will be organizing several FSMA educational workshops throughout Pennsylvania during 2017. Over the next several years, the Food and Drug Administration... more »
Tests show low or no pesticide levels in California fruits, vegetables
Tests on produce collected by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) indicate the vast majority of fruits and vegetables available for sale in California meet stringent pesticide safety standards. During its 2015 survey, DPR... more »
Asparagus variety options grow beyond Millennium
At an Oceana Research Tour stop at the Michigan Asparagus Industry Research Farm in Hart, Michigan, John Bakker, executive director, Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board, said ongoing trials at the site continue to identify emerging asparagus... more »
Publication alerts to pesticide risks for pollinators
A new publication available from Purdue Extension could help crop producers minimize pesticide risk to pollinator species. "Protecting Pollinators in Agronomic Crop Production," the latest publication in the Protecting Pollinators series, describes some of the... more »
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Workforce solutions: best practices
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