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John Deere Foundation offers grant to ‘lift up’ next generation of ag leaders

A three year grant from the John Deere Foundation is designed to support future farmers. The $3.9 million grant goes to the National FFA Organization (FFA), an organization that prepares youth for le... more »

EFI celebrates National Farmworker Awareness Week

Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, has released an updated communications too... more »

EPA approves use of Instill in hazelnuts

The EPA has approved the expanded crop uses of Instill, a bactericide and fungicide for hazelnut crops, developed by Sym-Agro.  As a result of this approval, Instill is now registered for use on h... more »

CropX and WiseConn partner to streamline drip irrigation management

CropX Technologies, a provider of digital farm management, announced an API integration with WiseConn, a precision drip irrigation solutions company, to improve data gathering and analytics for farmer... more »

EFI offers online training for growers, packers 

Equitable Food Initiative, the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, is launching new online training products. The ... more »

Wilco welcomes new board and committee members

Wilco welcomed its new members during its 58th Annual Member Meeting in Mt. Angel, Oregon. In a recent LinkedIn post, Wilco shared that during the annual meeting, members received co-op updates and bo... more »

Meridian Growers promotes Michelle Carter to director of communications

Meridian Growers announced it has promoted Michelle Carter to director of communications. Carter was hired in July of 2006 as a sales and marketing assistant and the company said she has as consistent... more »