Vegetables
Florida farmers use web-based monitor to ward off strawberry diseases
Farmers are adapting to a UF/IFAS-developed, web-based monitoring system that can help the environment by using less chemical treatment to prevent strawberry diseases, which will help the state’s $306 million a year crop, a new... more »
Vidalia Onion Committee celebrates honorees at annual banquet
The Vidalia Onion Committee (VOC) hosted its annual awards banquet on Feb. 6 at the Hawks Point Golf Club in Vidalia, Georgia. Jason Herndon from L.G. Herndon Jr Farms Inc. was named grower of the... more »
Specialty Crop Grant opportunities available for Michigan businesses
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced new opportunities for Michigan businesses through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program from the USDA Ag Marketing Services. The grant funding is contingent on the... more »
Titan Farms expands with fruit, vegetable processing facility
Titan Farms, a peach grower on the east coast, announced its expansion into the fruit and vegetable processing landscape through a new processing facility. The new endeavor comes from uniting their passion for peaches and... more »
USDA scientists using organic approach to improve carrots
Organic carrots are coming into their own. About 14 percent of U.S.-produced carrots are now... more »
New research offers tips for managing Mexican bean beetle
A study featured in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) is offering new insights into managing the Mexican bean beetle without using insecticides. The article “Natural History, Ecology and Management of the Mexican... more »
History leaves trail of progress in controlled ag environments
For centuries a wide variety of techniques has been used to extend the growing season of horticultural crops. Glass jars, glass cloches, hotcaps, cold frames, hotbeds and greenhouses of various types have all contributed to season extension.... more »
Searching for speck-resistant tomatoes
The 2015 growing season was a tough one for tomato researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) at Cornell University, due to the bacterial speck disease that descended on their field. But those infected plants... more »
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