Peaches
Southeast rivals have common goal in world of peach production
Georgia and South Carolina share a border, a passion for football and pride in their peaches. With the University of Georgia (UGA) and Clemson University campuses separated by a mere 70 miles, the Bulldogs and... more »
New Jersey peach growers taking advantage of ‘banner’ season
New Jersey peaches are still plentiful, and delicious. Growers and packers report to the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council that this is a banner season. “The weather smiled on our peach trees this year, “says... more »
USDA apple production forecast for the US is up 3% from 2020
USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, released a crop report on Aug. 12 that reflected projected increases in the U.S. apple crop The USDA estimate of the season puts the U.S. apple crop... more »
New Jersey ag department visits Jersey Fresh peach distribution center
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher highlighted Jersey Fresh peaches and National Peach Month with a recent visit to Eastern Propak in Gloucester County. Fisher and local officials toured the fruit packing facility to... more »
Yield, quality of Clemson University’s advanced peach selection ‘SC-1’ eyed
The peach breeding program at Clemson University is developing new germplasm with improved characteristics to benefit farmers in the Southeast. Fruit of the advanced selection ‘SC-1’ possesses high tolerance to bacterial spot disease, which has... more »
West-central Michigan’s tree fruit growers open new research station
Camaraderie and thankfulness seemed to radiate from apple growers in west-central Michigan on Aug. 5 as they dedicated a newly-built tree fruit research station built with sizeable private investment in the nonprofit effort. A large... more »
Georgia producers appointed to commodity commissions
Ex officio members of the Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commissions met June 30 to make appointments to several of the commissions. The following appointments were approved: Andy Futch and John Reece, both of Gilmer County, were... more »
Registration set for Valent’s Accede for effective thinning of stone fruit, apples
Valent BioSciences LLC has announced U.S. EPA registration of a new plant growth regulator, which will be marketed under the brand name Accede, utilizing the active ingredient 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid. Accede is the first plant growth... more »
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