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New positions opening at NAFDMA

The North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association (NAFDMA) is soliciting immediate applications for openings in two different high profile leadership positions. NAFDMA – farmers inspired is actively engaged... more

Aid pledged by USDA for Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Sept. 29 pledged all resources and flexibilities at USDA’s disposal as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands recover from the devastation of recent hurricanes. “Agriculture producers in Puerto Rico an... more

Hurricanes leave growers reeling

Specialty crop growers in Florida, Texas and the Gulf Coast are scrambling in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Irma dissipated Sept. 15 off the coast of New England, but more information is becoming available about the damage sustained by grow... more

Cost of vegetable production study targets parts of Northeast

Over the past two years, three Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) chapters – Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts – worked with 30 organic vegetable farmers to determine the cost of production of vegetable crops commonly grown in ... more

Fall is perfect time to control problem perennial weeds

Many vegetable fields have at least one area with a problem perennial weed. Typical herbaceous perennials are yellow nutsedge, quackgrass, pokeweed, milkweed and field bindweed (see photos of these weeds at the end of the article). These four hav... more

Scott Rawlins of Wilbur-Ellis receives service award

At CropLife America’s (CLA) annual meeting in Dana Point, California, Wilbur-Ellis Director of Regulatory and Government Affairs Scott Rawlins received the Lea S. Hitchner Service Award. The award, named after CLA’s first and longest-serving pr... more

Marrone Bio’s Venerate XC bioinsecticide available in New York

Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI), a provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, has made Venerate XC bioinsecticide available in New York. Venerate XC is a liquid mi... more