Crop Management
New Zealand Processor Fights Freezing
Fruit growers have used wind machines for years to prevent frost damage during the first appearance of buds through flowering. A New Zealand-based grower and processor is using the technique to extend the growing season... more »
Project Creates New Vegetable Growers in North Carolina
North Carolina's Onslow County is not the easiest place to start a commercial vegetable farm. The obstacles are many. First, there's the limited availability of land. Located in the southeastern part of the state on... more »
Farm Bill Passes, Specialty Crops get Bigger Piece
The House and Senate passed the 2008 Farm Bill by veto-proof margins in May, but President George W. Bush vetoed it anyway. But during the override process, it was discovered the president didn't veto the... more »
Bumper Crop of Produce Close to Home
Kevin Irick doesn't envision fertile soil, nourishing water and bountiful sunlight to know his business is growing. Lawrence Journal-World more »
Big Farms Can Make the Leap to Organic Farming, Study Suggests
Large fruit and vegetable growers can adopt the methods of small-scale organic farms while maintaining crop yields, keeping pests in check, and improving the health of their soil, researchers report in the July 2008 issue... more »
Growers Share Space, Ideas at Greenhouse
You're a farmer in an urban area. You grow produce on a small plot of land – a few acres at the most – and would love to start your transplants in the controlled environment... more »
Award-winning Farm Market Puts Emphasis on Education
Weston Red Barn Farm puts an emphasis on authenticity. The farm has an old-fashioned feel to it, and that's no accident. Brick and lumber are used instead of concrete, and power lines are buried underground.... more »
Bus Tour to Board in Iowa for Education, Networking and Fun
If you want to make over your farm market marketing strategy, network with other farm marketers, learn from seasoned vintners and hear the latest in agricultural research, then you won't want to miss the Southwest... more »
EPA Sued Over Pesticides
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is being sued to stop the continued use of four organophosphate pesticides commonly used in California on a wide variety of fruit, vegetable and nut crops. Central Valley Business Times more »
Syngenta’s Revus Top Registered
Syngenta Crop Protection has received federal registration for Revus Top fungicide, a powerful premix of two active ingredients, mandipropamid and difenoconazole, for use on potatoes against destructive oomycete pathogens. State registrations or specific crop and/or... more »
