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Successful pollination key to strawberry, blueberry production
Strawberries are aggregate fruits. They have multiple ovules per receptacle where the fruit is formed. The strawberry receptacle may have up to 500 ovules per berry. You will see these as “seeds” on the outside of the strawberry fruit which are c... more
UCCE offering water measurement, reporting courses
California water-rights holders are required by state law to measure and report the water they divert from surface streams. For people who wish to take the water measurements themselves, the University of California Cooperative Extension is offering ... more
TIPA members donate food to needy north Texans
Members of the Texas International Produce Association (TIPA) are working to help needy north Texans improve their diets through a food bank donation. As part of TIPA’s healthy eating campaign, the organization partnered with the North Texas Food B... more
USDA releases Local Food Marketing Practices Data
Over 147,000 U.S. farms produced and sold food locally through direct marketing practices, resulting in $9.0 billion in revenue in 2020, according to the Local Food Marketing Practices data released April 28 by USDA’s National Agricultural Statisti... more
BioSafe adds viticulture expert to team
Jodi Creasap Gee, a small fruit plant pathologist, is joining BioSafe Systems and adding her professional and expert support to our research at headquarters and sales in New York. Gee earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University in Plant Pathology and... more
Ceradis granted OMRI Listed status for CeraFruta bio-fungicide
Ceradis Crop Protection B.V., a global developer and marketer of environmentally-friendly plant nutrition and crop protection solutions, has announced that its CeraFruta post-harvest biological fungicide is now listed by the Organic Materials Review ... more
Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Convention elects new president, vice president
The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention (OFVC) has elected a new president and vice president. Kelly Ciceran will take the place of president, while Doug Darling will serve as the new vice president. Ciceran has served as vice president since ... more
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