Crop Management
USDA Launches High Tunnel Pilot Project
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced a new pilot project on Dec. 16 under the "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative for farmers to establish high tunnels - also known as hoop houses -... more »
Pennsylvania Processors Get Grants for Biogas Development
Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell announced Dec. 22 that the commonwealth would invest $5 million in federal recovery money in eight innovative alternative energy projects that use biological materials such as sewage, animal and food processing... more »
Pumpkins can Grow in Florida, but are They Worth the Risk?
Pumpkins in Florida? That's crazy talk. It's way too hot to be able to grow them that far south. Then again, how many people have tried it? Doug Gergela, for one. The University of Florida... more »
Bayer Agrees to Distribute Serenade
Bayer Environmental Science and AgraQuest have entered into a supply agreement for Serenade fungicide in the U.S. home and garden market, according to Marcus Meadows-Smith, AgraQuest's CEO. The announcement came on top of AgraQuest's partnership... more »
Growing Better Carrots
Back in the good old days, carrot growers in Michigan didn't need to grow perfect carrots. They had a pretty good market for cull carrots, as the state's half-million deer hunters lapped them up to... more »
Growers Getting Desperate in California Water Crisis
Like a lot of growers on the western side of California's San Joaquin Valley, Joe Del Bosque has had to cut back on his plantings. Water shortages forced him to fallow roughly half his 2,300... more »
Mhonpaj’s Garden
It's a long way from the tropical highlands of Southeast Asia to the temperate prairie of central Minnesota. But while the physical climate is a lot frostier in Minnesota, the political climate has been warmer... more »
Signs Point to Farming’s Contribution to the Environment
Farmers not only grow food, but are good stewards of the environment, Guelph-based AGCare executive director Jackie Fraser, a spokesperson for the farming community, said Wednesday. Guelph Mercury Click here to read the rest of... more »
Late Blight Hits Tomato, Potato Growers Hard
Cool, wet weather, infected plants and a modern distribution chain that can ship plants seemingly everywhere at once all contributed to the explosive outbreak of late blight in tomatoes and potatoes this summer. The disease... more »
Eat Your Vegetables; Recycle the Mulch
Vegetable growers have a waste problem: What to do with those acres and acres of used plastic mulch film. Plastic mulch is amazing stuff, surely, that gives plenty of advantages – which is probably why... more »
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