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Garlic on broccoli: A smelly approach to repel a major pest

Agricultural insect pests seek out familiar scents to find their plant hosts. However, they can also be repelled by odors from other plant species. A study from the University of Vermont published in Scientific Reports offers a novel framewo... more

Duda Farm Fresh Foods plans expansion of Oxnard facility

Duda Farm Fresh Foods, a grower of fresh vegetables and citrus, is expanding its Oxnard, California, cooling and fresh-cut facility to better meet the increased demand for celery from foodservice, retailers and consumers. Celery stick demand has incr... more

Ohio group launches Heartland FarmLink service for farms

The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) has launched Heartland FarmLink, a new land linking service for farm seekers and farm owners. HeartlandFarmLink.org is a free online profile listing service where beginning farmers and farm land ... more

Vive Crop Protection adds Mark Varner

Toronto, Canada-based Vive Crop Protection is pleased to announce that Mark Varner of Davison MI has joined the team as key account manager. Varner will be working with distributor head office and regional distributor account staff to develop and cre... more

UGA scientists get $94,000 in grants from Georgia Farm Bureau

The Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) has awarded $94,000 in research grants to seven Georgia scientists and their research teams who are addressing production issues impacting Georgia farmers. GFB President Gerald Long announced the recipients of the org... more

Food, agriculture information presented at Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit

Biodegradable plastics, drone-powered pollination and revolutionary indoor farming techniques are just a few of the innovations that will be on display at the Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit, Nov. 12-13 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. The... more

Customer focused technology to be revealed by Wish Farms

International grower and year-round marketer of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, Wish Farms, has always prided itself on being an innovator in the produce industry. Continuing that tradition, they are pleased to announce a pre... more