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Empire State Producers Expo recordings now available
Pass the time waiting for winter to turn to spring with new educational videos. Recordings from the 2022 Empire State Producers Expo are now available on the Cornell School of Integrative Plant Science’s YouTube page. The annual conference is o... more
Bayer to sell Environmental Science Professional unit to Cinven for $2.6B
Bayer and Cinven have entered into a definitive agreement regarding the sale of Bayer’s Environmental Science Professional business. “This divestment represents a very attractive purchase price and allows us to focus on our core agricultural b... more
Save Foods’ latest trial boosts shelf life of strawberries
A recent trial on strawberries from Save Foods revealed promising results whereby Save Foods’ research and development team managed to dramatically extend the shelf life of strawberries. Save Foods is an agri-food tech company specializing in eco-c... more
Water in 2022 looks dismal as snowpack melts
The optimism spurred by heavy snowstorms in December has melted away, and the 2022 water year is now looking bleak. After facing the driest recorded January and February in state history, California Department of Water Resources reported that stat... more
Apples in storage at 95.8 million bushels, 0.8% more than last March
The U.S. Apple Association has released its latest edition of the USAppleTracker. According to the survey results, the total number of apples in storage on March 1, 2022, was 95.8 million bushels, 0.8 percent more than last March’s total... more
Minimize frost damage in strawberries
Recent frosts at the Cal Poly farm in San Luis Obispo, California, has brought frost injury in all its variety. According to the Compendium of Strawberry Diseases “frost injury is probably the most common non-pathogen related and non-insect-related... more
FruitSecurity introduces new black hail net with 25-year lifespan
New from FruitSecurity is the black hail net with a high UV resistance and a lifespan of 25 years. The net prevents sunburn and can be used to slow down the ripening of fruit by a few days. Longer lifespan results in savings of $20,000 to $25,000 ... more
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