Crop Production
The nut industry is moving quickly into a new era of irrigation technology, where remote sensing through drone and eventually satellite data can inform growers about the real-time stress status of orc...
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Growers are bracing to pay more – around 7% – for their crews in the coming year.
The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for the H-2A program is expected to rise, based on the results of USDA's Fa...
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Multiple concurrent educational sessions and a large industry trade show will be featured during the three days of the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention.
In its 47th year, this comin...
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The recommended activities of mummy hygiene, cleaning diseased canopies, controlling weeds, maintaining irrigation systems and scanning for pests during dormancy can help growers properly ca...
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WSU Extension – Walla Walla County, in partnership with University of Idaho Extension – Nez Perce County and the PNW Farmers’ Network, will host a three-part workshop series on soil acidity mana...
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Supply chain software company Inteligistics has been granted a patent for a process to help predict temperatures and quality of perishable products.
Pittsburgh-based Inteligistics was granted Paten...
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Equitable Food Initiative is welcoming two new employees who fill positions involving ethical program implementation and marketing.
Gabriela Lopez-Barry is the Ethical Charter Implementation Progra...
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Through the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Initiative, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to provide additional support to and increase the competitiveness of the specialty crops sector.
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