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H-2A employers deal with 2020 Adverse Effect Wage Rate
The U.S. Department of Labor's H-2A regulations (20 CFR 655.120(l)) require employers to pay H-2A temporary agricultural workers and workers in corresponding employment at least the highest of the: Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR); Prevailing ... more
Report: Aggressive fungus attacks Florida strawberries
A fungus has taken over some strawberry fields in Florida. One grower lost as many as 80 acres in Manatee County. Pestalotiopsis affects the foliage and fruit, down to the root of strawberry plants. Gary Wishnatzki, CEO of Wish Farms, said it h... more
Controlled Environment Agriculture Innovation Center opens Danville, Virginia
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) is partnering with the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences and the Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia ... more
Efforts underway to stop leafy greens outbreaks
The leafy greens community, government regulators and the entire produce industry continue efforts on multiple fronts to prevent future outbreaks.
University of California offers Ag Innovations Conference in March
The University of California Cooperative Extension’s Entomology and Biologicals advisor, Surendra Dara, is hosting the fourth 2020 Ag Innovations Conference: Comprehensive Crop Care, Wednesday March 18, 2020 from 8 a.m.to 5:30 p.m. Agenda and di... more
Seedway redesigns, relaunches vegetable seed website
Hall, New York-based Seedway LLC, a subsidiary of Growmark Inc., is inviting customers to explore its new vegetable seed website. Seedway announced the relaunch of its new vegetable seed website Jan. 23. According to a news release, the launch of th... more
NASGA’s ‘Service with Impact Award’ presented to Tim Nourse
At the annual North American Strawberry Growers Association Annual meeting and Conference this week in San Antonio, Texas, Tim Nourse was presented the 2020 Annual “Service with Impact Award” by board member Kevin Edberg. The North American St... more
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