Category: Pollination
Ridgefest 2025: Michigan apple growers hit the mark with orchard strategies
Michigan’s Ridgefest 2025. Read how some of the state’s growers use training systems to successfully grow apples.
UF new host for major plant breeding accelerator program
UF is the new host for a major plant breeding accelerator program. Learn what crops could benefit from the research.
Michigan Apple Committee hosts virtual orchard tour
The Michigan Apple Committee hosted a virtual orchard tour. Read what 20,000 grade school students learned about apple growing.
Organic Grower: AC Foods’ sustainable organic betterful Blues
Read how AC Foods is reigniting the blueberry category with regenerative organic certified betterful Blues.
DeGrandchamp Farms’ high tunnel success
DeGrandchamp Farms is growing blueberries in high tunnels. Read more about the company’s seven seasons of trials.
EFI launches Pollinator Week toolkit
EFI has launched a Pollinator Week toolkit. Learn how the toolkit helps growers with pollination
Bee product health tech introduced
Terra Vera has launched ApiVera, a new brand focused on improving bee health, a critical factor for fruit growers reliant on pollination.
Naturipe Farms’ Earth-first philosophy
Naturipe Farms is a berry pioneer. Read how the grower and marketer has been a force in berry production since 1917.
FieldWatch highlights locations of organic crops, bees
An online mapping registry that allows organic growers and beekeepers to alert commercial pesticide applicators and neighbors who farm about sensitive acreage continues to gain interest across the U.S.
Native plants give local pollinators a kick-start to the season
Mother Nature awakens her spring with a sense of renewal and fresh beginnings. Farmers are acutely in tune with the change in seasons and approach them with their own levels of intensity. They monitor their crops closely, check the weather obsessively, watch for fresh shoots or flower blossoms to emerge and check the weather again.
Honeybee health expert joins Terra Vera
Ahead of World Bee Day, which was May 20, crop management tech specialist Terra Vera has added a renowned entomologist to its staff.
BeeHero releases pollination data
BeeHero has shared findings from its 2022-2024 almond pollination seasons that showcase pollination efficacy.
North Carolina alerts public to invasive yellow-legged hornet concerns
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture asked state residents to be on the lookout for the Yellow-legged hornet.
USDA research develops honeybee antiviral treatment
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Q&A: Honeybee health in 2024
In the past 15 years, beekeepers have been losing up to 50% of colonies, and bee professionals have reported higher than expected colony losses during the fall and winter.
Honeybee health nutrition guide available
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New Kroger supplier rule requires IPM practices
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Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference registration opens
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Georgia destroys bee predator hornet nest
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California’s Murray Family Farms endures challenges
Murray Family Farms, owned by Steve and Vickie Murray, has discovered that growing cherries, berries and other tree fruit in the southern San Joaquin Valley’s desert region is highly challenging.