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Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences to be led by Dhingra
Aimed at helping Texas’ producers of fruits and vegetables with enhanced nutrition and value, Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Horticultural Sciences will be led by Amit Dhingra, Ph.D., who successfully forged re... more
Congressional staffers meet at USDA ARS site with organic group
Organic Farming Research Foundation hosted Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s, D-CA, congressional staffers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Salinas, California, last week. The site visit focused on the importance of increased investment in organi... more
Pandemic assistance for specialty crop growers, others updated by USDA
The USDA is updating the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) for contract producers of eligible livestock and poultry and producers of specialty crops and other sales-based commodities. CFAP 2, which assists producers who faced market d... more
2021 Produce Industry Compensation & Benefits Report set by United Fresh
United Fresh Produce Association has published the sixth edition of its Produce Industry Compensation & Benefits Report, an expansive research resource that assists produce industry employers in understanding critical compensation benchmarks. ... more
Independent global partnership formed as Semios acquires Agworld
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based Semios, a precision-farming platform for permanent crops, announced Aug. 24 that it is acquiring Agworld, a data-driven farm management platform, to deliver more benefits to growers around the globe. Toget... more
California drought tackled with VGRID Energy’s Bioservers
To help with ongoing drought issues across California, VGRID Energy Systems is launching its M100 Bioservers and biochar to be part of the solution. California wildfires are rapidly growing – and The California Department of Forestry and Fire P... more
North Dakota State University greenhouse complex renamed
The North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Research Greenhouse Complex at North Dakota State University has a new name. The greenhouse, located on the west side of the campus, now is the Jack Dalrymple Agricultural Research Complex. It was r... more
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