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Appointments made to Michigan Cherry Committee, Tree Fruit Commission
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced the following appointments to the Michigan Cherry Committee and Michigan Tree Fruit Commission. Michigan Cherry Committee Dave Hackert, of Ludington, is the vice president of Indian Summer Co-op... more
Brighter Bites kicks off new program in Bakersfield, California
Brighter Bites, a national nonprofit that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables directly into families’ hands, has launched its ninth location in Bakersfield, California. The nonprofit will partner with Grimmway Farms and CAPK to help improve the he... more
Fall Creek promotes key executives
Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc., an international blueberry breeding and nursery company, has promoted two long-tenured employees to its executive leadership team, further strengthening the company’s breeding, variety development and production... more
ProBlad Verde receives expanded label for California
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has approved the expanded crop and disease uses of Sym-Agro's ProBlad Verde fungicide. As a result of this approval, ProBlad is now registered for use on stone fruit and cucurbits for the management o... more
Total number of apples in storage on May 1 was 6.2% more than 2021
The U.S. Apple Association has released its May 2022 USAppleTracker. According to the survey, the total number of apples in storage on May 1, 2022, was 58.2 million bushels, 6.2% more than last May’s total of 54.8 million bushels and 0.1% more t... more
Nutrien Agricultural Sciences Building now open at CSU
For more than 150 years, the future of agriculture has been cultivated at Colorado State University. With the opening of the Nutrien Agricultural Sciences Building, that future now has more space and resources to grow and thrive. After nearly thre... more
Farmworker Awareness Week drives increasing attention
Farmworker Awareness Week was successful for Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups. The second year of promoting Farmworker Awaren... more