Disease Control
Precision spraying firm adds staffer
Noah Sanders has joined Smart Apply, creator of the Smart Apply Intelligent Spray Control System for high-value specialty crops, as regional sales dir... more »
Soil treatment helps organic strawberry growers
Troubled by puny plants, low yields and persistent mite problems, third-generation Southern California strawberry grower Glen Hasegawa was ready to gi... more »
AgBiome sells OMRI-listed fungicides to Certis Biologicals
Certis Biologicals has acquired multiple assets from AgBiome, including fungicides Howler and Theia. “Certis Biologicals is committed to contribu... more »
Syngenta continues decarbonization of global operations
Syngenta Group, one of the world’s leading global agriculture technology companies, has announced its manufacturing facility in St. Gabriel, Louisia... more »
Northern San Joaquin Valley grower workshop scheduled
Growers can benefit from an upcoming University of California Cooperative Extension-Stanislaus County (UCCE) workshop that provides information on wat... more »
USDA touts specialty crops sector investments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in programs designed to support the U.S. specialty crops industry, including promoting exports ... more »
Growers invited to participate in drone workshop
The University of Arizona (UA) is scheduling a workshop designed to help growers considering using drones. The Easy Drone Use for Better Farms Work... more »
Study asks growers about biologicals
Informa Markets’ Farm Progress and Valent BioSciences have signed on as sponsors of benchmarking research focused on the use of agricultural biologi... more »
