Senior leadership of Corteva Agriscience, DuPont named by DowDuPont
DowDuPont (NYSE : DWDP ) Sept. 17 named the senior leaders of the independent companies that will be created following the separation of its Agricul... more »
Specialty crop research set to protect grapes, onions
Two national research teams led by scientists at Washington State University will protect valuable U.S. grape, onion and garlic crops from devastating... more »
USDA sets cranberries volume regulation for 2018-19 crop year
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Sept. 12 a final rule establishing a marketable quantity of 7.275 million barrels and a gr... more »
Study: Buyers want environmentally safe strawberry production
As buyers browse strawberry packages at the supermarket, they might see labels such as “organically grown” or “locally grown.” But they’d al... more »
Late season cultural and chemical options for diseases in grapes
The major grape growing regions of Michigan (i.e., the northwest and southwest portions of the Lower Peninsula) saw over 2 inches of rainfall in the l... more »
Ag tech provider Sentera receives Series A funding
Sentera, a Minneapolis-based digital agriculture technology provider, has raised an additional $14 million in Series A funding. A premier group of foo... more »
Atticus introduces lepidoteran control with Inspirato 2 F
Cary, North Carolina-based Atticus has introduced Inspirato 2 F, an insect growth regulator that targets lepidopteran insects in the specialty crop m... more »
Managing risk with crop insurance, diversification
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="2500"] Chris Eckert is the president of Eckert’s, Inc., an Illinois-based farm that uses USDA-administered... more »
Tiger-Sul hires veteran marketing manager
Global agriculture firm Tiger-Sul Products recently hired veteran marketer B.J. Harrington to its team. Harrington previously led the marketing and... more »
Brown marmorated stink bugs increasing in grapes
Be on the lookout for brown marmorated stink bugs in vineyards, especially as annual crops begin to dry down before harvest. We are catching more ... more »
