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Canadian commercialization of Vestaron’s Spear-Lep Insecticide set
Vestaron Corp. and Cohort Wholesale have established a partnership that will see Cohort Wholesale lead the Canadian commercialization of Vestaron’s Spear-Lep Insecticide. Using the power of peptides, Spear-Lep Insecticide introduces new technolo... more
New technical representative added by BioSafe Systems
BioSafe Systems’ agriculture division has announced the addition of another new technical representative for 2021. Jessica Stotz will be serving the Great Lakes’ region from her home state of Michigan. She earned her degree from Michigan State... more
Major water improvements for West in bipartisan infrastructure bill
In response to the Nov. 5 passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by the U.S. House of Representatives, Western Growers President & CEO Dave Puglia issued the following statement: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="317"] Da... more
Mertz, Pennsylvania vegetable growers’ group life member, dies at 94
Boyd A. Mertz, a life member of the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, and its former president and secretary-treasurer, died Oct. 29 at the age of 94. Mertz, a greenhouse tomato grower from Northumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a direc... more
Idaho Potato Commission appoints Duncanson as new commissioner
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="328"] Mark Duncanson[/caption] During the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) November meeting, Mark Duncanson, the Director of Raw Material procurement at Basic American Foods, was sworn in to represent t... more
Annual Produce Labor Conference on Dec. 1 in Colorado
The Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association (CFVGA) will host its second Annual Produce Labor Conference on Dec. 1 at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds in east Aurora. This conference will be an opportunity for all components of Colorado ... more
New chair of National Conference for Food Protection is MDARD’s Vought
Rebecca Vought, food safety specialist for the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Food and Dairy Division’s Local Health Services and Emergency Response Unit, was recently elected chair of the Conference for Food Prote... more
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