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UF/IFAS needs grower input to better train agricultural workers
The COVID-19 crisis has hit Florida’s agricultural industry hard with new challenges on how to protect workers who are essential to keeping our nation’s food supply flowing. The UF/IFAS Extension team that works with producers... more »
Fourth-generation Illinois fruit grower William ‘Bill’ Francis Flamm dies
A community says goodbye to the patriarch of a longtime southern Illinois orchard. Bill Flamm a member of he fourth generation of the Flamm Orchards family, died at his childhood home, in Cobden, Illinois, on... more »
Soil Health Center goes virtual at Empire Farm Days
When this year’s annual Empire Farm Days – the largest outdoor agricultural trade show in the Northeast – was forced online due to COVID-19, organizers of the trade show’s Soil Health Center quickly transformed it... more »
Delegation asks USDA for direct relief for winegrape growers
California’s congressional delegation wants winegrape growers to receive financial relief through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Beginning May 26, CFAP intended to provide up to $16 billion in direct... more »
Mid-summer management of insect pests in fruit orchards outlined by PSU
In most Pennsylvania fruit orchards the first-generation activities of codling moth, tufted apple bud moth, or oblique-banded leafroller adult moths are almost over. It will take from two to four weeks before the second generation... more »
USDA-NASS projects California almond crop up 18%
The California Almond Objective Measurement Report, published July 7 by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), estimates that the 2020 crop will be 3.00 billion meat pounds, up 18%... more »
Del./Md./Va. researchers increase farmers’ market capacity and safety
Ensuring produce sold at Delmarva farmers' markets is safe and preparing local farmers to comply with a federal Food Safety Modernization Act in 2021 are twin objectives of a nearly half-million dollar U.S. Department of... more »
$15M in ag safety grants to provide aid to Michigan’s farms and food processors
Fifteen million dollars in economic assistance for Michigan farms and agricultural processors, to mitigate risks of the COVID-19 virus across the state’s food production industry, gained approval from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic... more »