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Industry group to host Agricultural Safety Summit
Registration is open for the North American Agricultural Safety Summit (March 28-30), an in-person, 1.5 day meeting where participants will learn from agricultural producers about proven safety strategies that result in cost savings and improved empl... more
Automated fruit picking system named Agrifuture Concept Winner 2022
Kubota Corp. and President and Representative Director Yuichi Kitao were honored as Agrifuture Concept Winner 2022 at Agritechnica, a large farm machinery exhibition. The winning concept; automated fruit picking system developed jointly with Tevel... more
New Jersey soil health plans include blueberries, cranberries
Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) have a long history of research and education in the field of soil science including ground-breaking discoveries such as strept... more
GreenStone supports ag with $40,000 in CultivateGrowth Grants
GreenStone is supporting the next generation of agriculture by providing $40,000 to young, beginning, and small farmers through 2022 CultivateGrowth Grants. Whether applicants are starting a business or taking over a generational farm, the Cultiv... more
California organic growers fret about costs, but cheer growth
With sales of organic fresh produce continuing to grow, farmers say they remain optimistic about their market prospects, even as they face a potentially challenging season complicated by drought, shifting demand and higher costs. The return of foo... more
Sonoma academy trains vineyard workers for leadership roles
Even after 25 years in farming, Jose Cervantes is not done learning. The operations supervisor at Cornerstone Certified Vineyards in Sonoma County's (California) Russian River Valley is one of 15 students in the inaugural Richard and Saralee Kunde... more
World Ag Expo ‘a candy store’ for farmers
The 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, last week brimmed with robotics, automated harvesters, artificial intelligence, plus low-emission vehicles, data management software and even some trad... more