…of the industry, including fresh fruit and vegetable growers, shippers, wholesalers, retailers, industry trade associations, importers, processors, foodservice suppliers, brokers, state departments of agriculture, organic producers and marketers, and farmers…
Taking the Melodrama out of Almond Orchard Recycling
…the horizontal chipper can chip 15 acres per day. With the chipper and spreader combination, the chips do have to be disked in, which most growers can easily do.” The…
Pesticide Pilot Program is Twofold
…said. The first part focuses on clear posting at treated fields. “We are working with five growers, developing a pilot project to increase farm worker protections around posting,” Lauritzen said….
Early-Autumn Weather Affects Coastal Crops
…production,” Navarro said. Strawberry harvest in his neighborhood gets going in March or April and runs through November, weather permitting. The heat wave would have been more damaging for growers…
New Rules Governing Use of Fumigant Pesticide 1,3-D
…from a County Agricultural Commissioner. In the last decade, DPR’s regulations allowed growers to use varying amounts of 1,3-D in a township annually. These limits ranged from 90,250 pounds to…
ACP Movement Shows History Repeating Itself
…whatever.” The industry hopes that management efforts will keep those Central Valley finds at bay and citrus growers won’t see the natural spread occur like it did in Southern California….
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…portions of Lake, Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties were also abnormally dry. The remainder of the citrus region is drought free. Growers were spraying to combat the citrus greening disease….
Fruit Growers Fight for Market Share in China
…bananas, grapes, oranges and apples to China, it faces increasing competition from both Chinese growers and neighbors of Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. Combined, those three countries supply more than…
Properly Identifying Sugarcane Aphid
…pest. The sugarcane aphid has made its way into California, where it is affecting sorghum crops. Jeff Dahlberg, director of Kearney Research and Extension Center, said some growers may mistake…
Agri View: New Possibilities
Everett Griner talks about the possibilities for Florida growers expanding in today’s Agri View. New Possibilities I mention Florida to anyone outside of the sunshine state and the average thought…
Sharing Almond Production Techniques Internationally
…can adapt orchards and tree architecture for shake-catch.” Slaughter often visits other countries to see firsthand what is working and what’s not. Burchell Nursery recently hosted growers from Spain who…
Western View: Got Gas?
…manure alone. Growers will be expected to reduce flatulence at the source – under the tail of the cow. Some reduction may occur by dietary changes – which would of…
U.S. Corn and Soybean Stocks Up from 2015
…wheat, oats and other small grains. According to the report, wheat growers set new record-high yield of 52.6 bushels per acre in 2016. Wheat growers harvested 43.9 million acres of…
NIFA Awards Community Food Projects
…Planting Justice, Oakland, Calif., $364,800 Mandela Marketplace, Inc. – Oakland, Calif., $248,460 Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc. – Apopka, Fla., $250,000 Global Growers Network, Inc., Avondale Estates, Ga., $26,504 Kona…























