Crop Management
Canker management workshop scheduled
Confused about cankers? Would you like your pruning crew to be able to better identify cankers while pruning? The first line of defense against tree fruit diseases is good sanitation. Get a better handle on... more »
Online course develops food safety plan for North Carolina growers
North Carolina State University’s Plants for Human Health Institute at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis has developed a web-based course, free to North Carolina farmers, that will culminate in the development of a food... more »
Florida Postharvest Horticulture Tour Feb. 29-March 4
The Florida Postharvest Horticulture Tour brings participants “up-close and personal” to learn how fresh subtropical, tropical and temperate fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops are handled. With exclusive, behind-the-scene visits hosted by top management, the group... more »
Pruning mature trees in a semi-dwarf apple orchard
Apples are a long-lived perennial crop, thus most fruit farms have several blocks of trees that vary in age and size. Many orchard enterprises have adopted intensive (≥ 518 trees per acre) orchard systems over... more »
Spotted wing drosophila webinar for Michigan sweet and tart cherry growers
Michigan State University Extension and MSU AgBioResearch, along with the Michigan Cherry Committee, are hosting an online Zoom webinar on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. to learn about the invasive... more »
SWMREC to host grape grower meeting Nov. 24
Michigan State University Extension will host a grape meeting Nov. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center (SWMREC), 1791 Hillandale Road, Benton Harbor Michigan. To register, make check... more »
Trimble adds network of independent ag consultants
Trimble has acquired the assets of privately held AGRI-TREND of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, which operates the largest network of independent agricultural consultants in North America. The acquisition will enable Trimble to provide agronomists and... more »
Precision Planting purchased by John Deere
Deere & Company and The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, have signed definitive agreements for Deere to acquire the Precision Planting LLC equipment business and to enable exclusive near real-time data connectivity between... more »
