…temperature you can protect to. by Mark Longstroth, Michigan State University Extension Many Michigan blueberry and strawberry growers use sprinkler systems to protect their crops spring freezes. The system is…
Spring Fruit Blossoms
…fruit crops by Mark Longstroth, Michigan State University Extension During the winter, fruit trees can withstand very cold temperatures. As fruit trees develop in the spring and buds start to…
Agri View: Drone On
…to planting and harvesting crops. All told, the agricultural robot market is expected to grow to $16.3 billion by 2020 from $817 million in 2013, according to the latest Bank…
Agri View: Driverless Tractors
…driverless tractor designed for vegetable and root crops. This new tractor could even handle slight headland turns. Current driverless tractor technologies build on recent developments in unmanned vehicles and agricultural…
DPR Fumigant Notification Workshops
…pests that would otherwise destroy their crops. While the use of these chemicals by growers is strictly regulated the current rules that govern what triggers a notification vary depending on…
Agri View: Foreign Vegetables
…the grain companies succeed in using NAFTA to open the Mexican corn market, the price paid to Mexican peasants for corn will fall dramatically, forcing one million or more families…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
…in irrigation water, cover crops, compost and other sources, as well as with data from leaf sampling. All of this data is then used to get a total nitrogen fertilizer…
Treatments to Begin for the Japanese Beetle
…the adult beetles, which skeletonize leaves by eating around the larger veins and chew on flowers. Hosts include small fruits, tree fruits, truck and garden crops, ornamental shrubs, vines, and…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…2016 Crop cash receipts—the cash income from crop sales—are forecast to fall 0.9 percent ($1.6 billion) in 2016 as prices continue to decline for most field crops. Cash receipts for…
Next Steps Towards Mechanized And Robotic Harvesting?
What are some of the new technologies under development to improve efficiency and safety in harvesting tree and produce crops? Rod Bain reports. Next Steps Towards Mechanized And Robotic Harvesting…
The Western View: Carbon Farming
…food and cover crops throughout the growing season. When the growing season is done, some use cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens to eat the remnants of the crop and trample…
Keyhole Garden
…rows of mono-culture crops could not be more at war with nature. Oddly, it’s also a massive waste of planting space with each row of crops being border by a…
The Homeless Garden Project in Santa Cruz
New Beginnings Spring from the Homeless Garden Project by Suzanne Pender, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Field crops on the Homeless Garden Project. NRCS photo. The Homeless Garden Project (HGP)…
Agri View: El Niño
…La Niña by the fall. In this post, we’ll take a look back at this past winter and forward to what may happen next. Current events El Niño has begun…