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USDA official to lead University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
The University of Florida has named J. Scott Angle, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to lead the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) into the... more »
Two UGA scientists named Fellows of the American Phytopathological Society
Two prominent faculty members of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Harald Scherm and Albert Culbreath, have been named 2020 Fellows of the American Phytopathological Society. The American Phytopathological Society (APS)... more »
Penn State: Use caution when considering 2020 early fruit thinning strategies
Cold temperatures centered on April 17, 2020, may have caused widespread injury to developing apple flowers. In southern regions of Pennsylvania, where flower development was at pink to early bloom, injury was evident as death and was... more »
WSU scientists enlist citizens in hunt for giant, bee-killing hornet
More than two inches long, the world’s largest hornet carries a painful, sometimes lethal sting and an appetite for honeybees. It is also the newest insect invader of Washington state. The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia,... more »
Farms providing produce at reasonable rate to California food bank
In one of the first agreements of its kind between California producers and a county food bank, two farms will begin providing, at a reasonable rate, produce to the Alameda County Community Food Bank, allowing... more »
Survey: California farmers turning to labor-saving crops, automation
Despite raising wages and increasing benefits, California farmers are failing to find enough people to pick fruits and vegetables and harvest other crops, and they are offsetting this labor shortage by changing to less labor-intensive... more »
Mississippi Extension part of FARM Corps linking servicemen, veterans with ag jobs
Mississippi State University Extension is helping U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Tupelo, and other partners in launching a new FARM Corps program to connect furloughed or unemployed veterans and members of the National Guard, Reserve and... more »
New York state connects impacted producers to purchasing opportunities
The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, in coordination with its partners, is reaching out to New York producers that have surplus agricultural products as a result of COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions. The... more »
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