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Iowa Specialty Producers Conference is Feb. 9-10

Specialty crop producers can hone their skills and receive timely updates Feb. 9-10, as the Iowa Specialty Producers Conference returns for the third year, at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny, Iowa. The two-day event will feature keynote messag... more

Flat anti-hail netting, three-row sprayer work well in the Netherlands

The combination of the flat anti-hail netting system and the three-row sprayer has already proved itself for 12½ years at Van Westreenen Fruit Co. in Echteld, Netherlands. Van Westreenen grows Kanzi apples and Conference pears on 75 hectares for ... more

California food safety scientists mark 30 years with USDA Pesticide Data Program

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) joins the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Agricultural Marketing Service Pesticide Data Program (PDP). CDFA’s Center for Analytical Chemistry ... more

Latest WSU Extension guides help drive irrigation, tree fruit decisions

Leading WSU’s land-grant mission, scientists at Washington State University Extension share knowledge through online guides. Aimed at Northwest agricultural producers, their latest publications include how-to guides on nutrient sprays for apples... more

Pear Bureau Northwest is still fresh after 90 years

Pear Bureau Northwest celebrates 90 years of fruitful collaboration with Washington and Oregon fresh pear growers to drive demand for Northwest pears. Washington and Oregon pear growers fund the bureau through a federal marketing order, the oldest... more

In-field soil moisture probes, aerial insights integrated by Ceres Imaging

Ceres Imaging, a precision irrigation company that helps farmers build more profitable and more sustainable operations, has announced that it will offer soil moisture probes as part of its precision irrigation subscription service to growers in the s... more

OK sought for importation of blackberry and raspberry tissue culture plants

The government of Mexico has asked USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis Porter) and Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) tissue culture plants for planting into the Unite... more