Agriculture
Land transition webinar available
A webinar designed to help growers transition land and businesses to the next generation is being made available by Penn State Extension. Transitioning Land to a New Generation: Getting Started is a virtual on-demand recorded... more »
Gasoline dangers highlighted by children’s farm safety group
A farm safety group is warning farm families about the dangers of handling gasoline. Telling the story of a farm family child that died handling gasoline, the The National Children's Center For Rural and Agricultural... more »
The 2025 California Small Farm Conference will be a bilingual, hybrid event
The 2025 edition of the yearly California Small Farm Conference is scheduled for Feb. 23-27 and will be offered as a hybrid and bilingual event. Participants, small-scale farmers, ranchers and local food advocates, will experience... more »
GreenStone Farm Credit Services awards scholarships
This year GreenStone Farm Credit Services awarded $60,000 to exceptional students via the GreenStone Scholarship Program and the Dave Armstrong Scholarship Program. Since its inception in 2010, the scholarship initiative has granted $500,000 to students... more »
Native plants give local pollinators a kick-start to the season
Mother Nature awakens her spring with a sense of renewal and fresh beginnings. Farmers are acutely in tune with the change in seasons and approach them with their own levels of intensity. They monitor their... more »
On-farm AI: How water, farm and labor research guides decisions
Washington State University is leading an effort to tackle three distinct areas where artificial intelligence (AI) use can help agriculture meet challenges posed by changing weather: farm operations, water allocation and labor. [caption id="attachment_35011" align="aligncenter"... more »
Report released on ag census by congressional district
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the Congressional District Profiles and Rankings from the 2022 Census of Agriculture. This summary presents data by congressional district from the 118th Congress that includes land, farms,... more »
Ohio State University Extension announces joint agritourism and OPGMA events
Ohio State University Extension has announced the Ohio Agritourism Conference and OPGMA Summer Tour, combining efforts to provide valuable learning experiences while minimizing time away from the farm. Participants will gain insights into customer engagement,... more »
May is farmworker mental health awareness month
Farmworker organization Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) is spotlighting Mental Health Awareness Month in May. EFI, the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, recognizes the month as a time... more »
Field tests show efficacy of ‘hybrid’ fungicide Regev
Summit Agro has completed a series of 163 replicated field trials across the U.S. to evaluate the efficacy of Regev "hybrid" fungicide. These field trials have included apples, apricots, blueberries, cherries, citrus, corn, cucumber, grape,... more »
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Hollabaugh’s Pennsylvania vegetable, farm market success
40 Under Forty class
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