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North Carolina offers organic certification cost-share assistance
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) is offering financial assistance to organic growers for certification costs incurred between Oct. 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024.
Massachusetts state officials celebrate Cranberry Month
Southeastern Massachusetts to promote locally grown cranberries and encourage residents to support the state’s cranberry farmers.
Calavo divests fresh cut fruit, veg business
Calavo Growers has completed the sale of its Fresh Cut business to F&S Fresh Foods for $83 million.
USDA offers disaster assistance for Hurricane Helene recovery
The USDA is offering assistance to growers who sustained losses from Hurricane Helene, which ravaged the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.
USDA not expecting port strike to bring immediate shortages
The USDA isn’t expecting immediate problems related to the East Coast and Gulf Coast port workers strike.
NC State helping growers after Hurricane Helene
NC State Extension is helping growers harmed by Hurricane Helene.
Carolinas group helping Hurricane Helene recovery
The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA), a farmer and citizen support organization, is expressing support for victims of Hurricane Helene.
Georgia requests federal Hurricane Helene disaster assistance
Georgia agriculture leaders are requesting federal Hurricane Helene disaster assistance.
First October California Date Month scheduled
The first ever October California Date Month is planned for this year.
December to bring 38th Southeast Fruit & Vegetable Expo
The yearly Southeast Vegetable & Fruit Expo is to be in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
CDFA’s Pest Exclusion Branch seeks to fill vacancies on the Seed Advisory Board
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Pest Exclusion Branch has announced a vacancy on the Seed Advisory Board.
Hurricane Debby: Florida ag production losses top $93 million
The University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has released damage estimates from Hurricane Debby.
Georgia growers urged to prepare for Hurricane Helene
Georgia growers are being advised to prepare for Hurricane Helene
Latino winegrape education offered
The Washington Winegrowers Association (WWA) is working to help Latino vineyard workers receive education.
Michigan ends apple queen program
The Michigan Apple Committee (MAC) is ending its apple queen program and replacing it with a scholarship system for men as well as women who are strongly connected to the Wolverine State’s apple industry.
Washington 2024 organic apple crop gains momentum
Organic apples are “catching fire with consumers.”
Approaching burn ban affects California growers
At 4 a.m. in Lodi, Alex Noriega, foreman for the agricultural service provider Fowler Brothers, climbed onto an excavator to rip apart discarded grapevines and drop them into a cement-lined steel box called an air curtain burner for smokeless burning.
Retail sales veteran joins New England apple packer
Tasked with acquiring new business and reinvigorating the JP Sullivan & Co brand, the century-old New England apple packer has added a retail sales veteran to head its sales.
Michigan State University Controlled Atmospheric Storage Clinic offered discussion on apple storage disorders, best practices
Postharvest physiology experts focused on apple storage disorders and best practices during MSU’s Controlled Atmospheric Storage Clinic.
Michael Salisbury, Michigan ag economics figure, dies
Michael Salisbury, a prominent figure in Michigan agricultural economics, has died.