Crop Protection

Some tips to prepare for the fire blight season

The 2018 season has been slow to start compared to 2016 and 2017, but the fruit trees are wide awake and diseases are ready to go. The disease I’m most concerned about is fire blight.... more »

Oregon researchers find a native wasp with a taste for stink bugs

In a backyard garden in Oregon in 2017 a group of researchers led by entomologist David Lowenstein, Ph.D., set a trap for a wasp, the predatory Astata unicolor. The bait was a young stink bug, the... more »

California vineyard uses robotic lasers to solve bird problems

Lasers provide successful results at a vineyard in Sonoma County, California. According to the Bird Control Group, this is the first time the laser bird repelling technology is used in California. Since adopting the robotic... more »

FMC execs to speak at Farm to Market Conference

FMC Corporation President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Pierre Brondeau, and Mark Douglas, president, Agricultural Solutions, will speak at the BMO Capital Markets 13th Annual Farm... more »

Focus put on nutrient use efficiency by Verdesian Life Sciences

Cary, North Carolina-based Verdesian Life Sciences has reformulated its mission, positioning statement and approach in order to create a more mission-driven organization committed to providing sustainable nutrient use efficiency (NUE) solutions for farmers and growers.... more »

Penn State, ag officials look to slow spread of spotted lanternfly

With spring and the accompanying emergence of insects upon us, grape growers, orchardists, nursery operators, homeowners and others in southeastern Pennsylvania are bracing for infestations of spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest from Asia that appeared... more »

California approves AVIV, new low-dose biofungicide

Israel-based biopesticides company STK Bio-ag technologies' new biofungicide AVIV, which has already been approved by 25 states in the U.S., has now been approved for use by California for a wide range of fruits and... more »

Job appointed USA business manager for STK Bio-ag

STK Bio-ag technologies, the Israel-based company in botanical-based and hybrid biopesticides for sustainable food protection and aquaculture, has appointed Neal Job to the position of USA business manager. In his new position Job will be... more »