Category: Pest Control
Trap system recognized in GreenTech award
Biobest Trap-Eye sticky trap pest monitoring system GreenTech Innovation Award IPM
Stone wool growing media supplier starts soilless growing campaign
Grodan wool growing media Controlled Environment Agriculture CEA soil health pest control sustainability Rockwool Group
Spotted lanternfly seminar scheduled for June 13
A free webinar on the spotted lanternfly (SLF) will cover known and anticipated effects on grape, wine and agritourism businesses.
New Purdue ag dean is water quality expert
Purdue agriculture research water quality pesticide spray drift ag department
Varieties, pests, to be discussed at MSU Blueberry Pre-harvest Meeting
Michigan State University (MSU) Extension and Michigan Farming Systems will discuss blueberry varieties, pest control and other issues at the 2023 Blueberry Pre-harvest Meeting.
California grants available for sustainable pest management
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is accepting grant applications for a program promoting sustainable pest control practices.
Muscadine Time: Florida winegrape grower embraces technology
Mechanical harvesting helps Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards in central Florida remain efficient in the face of a hostile growing environment where torrential rains and hurricanes can threaten harvesting.
Penn State launches spotted lanternfly survey
The Penn State Extension Grape and Wine Team Mid-Atlantic spotted lanternfly lanternflies
California approves Certis Biologicals nematicide
California farmers have a new product for controlling the threat of nematodes in their fields, orchards and vineyards with the approval of MeloCon LC by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
Specialty input products supplier reorganizes marketing
Brandt Agronomic services provider crop protection inputs
BHN humic solutions company changes name
Huma Bio Huma Netics BHN fertilizers crop nutrition crop nutrients biostimulants soil amendments organics
Vertical farming operator Oishii brings robotics to indoor farming
Oishii vertical farming robotics strawberries indoor farming greenhouse
Leon Panetta to speak at Salinas Biological Summit
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will deliver the keynote address on food security and innovation at the Salinas Biological Summit.
IFPA joins ag groups with dissent on EPA rule
The EPA’s final rule on Plant Incorporated Protectorants (PIPs) has drawn opposition from ag groups and researchers, including the International Fresh Produce Association.
UPL introduces two pesticides to North America
UPL, Cary, North Carolina, has introduced two insecticides, SHENZI 700 WG and SHENZI 400 SC, to the North American market.
BRANDT to build Nebraska production facility
BRANDT, a retailer of agronomic services and manufacturer of specialty ag input products, plans to start construction on a production facility in Aurora, Nebraska, this summer.
Never-ending rain leads to pest, disease concerns
A seemingly endless flow of water saturating their fields is burdening California growers with pests and diseases. Growers of strawberries and other fruits expect the heavy rains to delay some planting and harvesting and cause other crop problems.
Global Biological Accelerator debuts at Salinas event
A new venture designed to spur development of biological products that kill pests, diseases and weeds that afflict specialty crops is taking a novel approach to further research.