Category: Tools
USDA adds to Growing Organic Workforce course
The National Organic Program (NOP) has published new resources in its Growing the Organic Workforce course in the USDA Organic Integrity Learning Center.
USDA expands crop insurance to cover grapevine loss
The USDA is expanding crop insurance options with a new grapevine insurance program to cover loss of grafted vines caused by natural perils such as freeze or fire.
Organic growers seek climate change solutions via Farm Bill
As Congress hammers out the 2023 Farm Bill, growing interest in the impacts of agriculture on climate could give organic farmers more political sway as they advocate for funding and programs that help them.
Aurea Imaging’s TMS TreeScout aids orchard management
Aurea Imaging TMS TreeScout tractor mounted sensor precision orchard management crop intelligence
Cal Pol Strawberry Center Field Day sets attendance record
Nearly 500 strawberry growers, shippers, processors, researchers and agricultural stakeholders gathered for the seventh annual Cal Poly Strawberry Center Field Day.
Ag robotics, demos set for FIRA USA
FIRA USA ag robotics automation technology AI
Texas A&M Extension helps in transition to organic
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, through its organics program, will lead the Texas Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP) to recruit, train, mentor and advise farmers who want to transition to organic production.
ProducePay starts first direct-to-retail supply chain program
ProducePay direct-to-retail supply chain program table grapes Four Star Fruit
Biologicals at Syngenta now under Syngenta Biologicals
Syngenta Biologicals soil health crop protection biostimulants
USDA adds resources to grow organic workforce
The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) has published new resources in its Growing the Organic Workforce course in the USDA Organic Integrity Learning Center.
USDA names OTA as national partner in organic initiative
The USDA has chosen the Organic Trade Association (OTA) as a national partner for the Transition to Organic Partnership Program, part of an initiative to provide direct support and technical assistance to producers.
California organic fruit in full swing, vegetables heat up across U.S.
Organic fruit from California is plentiful, with strawberries, stone fruit, cherries and mandarins with good availability and organic greens and lettuces from Pennsylvania and New Jersey expected to be strong through the end of June.
Specialty input products supplier reorganizes marketing
Brandt Agronomic services provider crop protection inputs
Seed, chemical firms partnership to further seed tech
Precision Laboratories Direct Enterprises seed conditioners ag chemical seed treatment seed-applied technologies
In-depth data: New carbon monitoring system digs deep into soil health
Organic grower Braga Fresh and predictive agriculture company Agrology have partnered on a new regenerative agriculture technology initiative to track and quantify soil carbon in real time.