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SISC, CropTrak have calculator to measure supply chain sustainability

Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops announced Nov. 16 a partnership with CropTrak, a cloud technology company digitally connecting global food companies’ supply processes to ensure efficiency and transparency, to accelerate adoption of the Stewar... more

Federal appeals court OKs H-2A laborer arbitration agreements

A West Coast federal appeals court opened the door Nov. 3 for H-2A employers to enforce arbitration agreements in employment disputes even outside the context of a collective bargaining agreement. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – which has j... more

Soil Carbon Project labeling helps identify climate-smart products

The first-of-its-kind agtech company leveraging machine learning (ML) to advance measurement and analysis of soil properties, EarthOptics announced Nov. 16 the launch of its Soil Carbon Project, a product labeling initiative to benefit the consumer p... more

Beneficial insects for pest control in orchards is Washington topic

Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, USDA-ARS Wapato, Washington, is spearheading a new project investigating the potential for natural enemy releases to improve orchard pest control. If you are interested in providing input on this new project join in meetin... more

Vive Crop Protection welcomes two regional sales managers

Two agriculture sales professionals have recently joined the Vive Crop Protection commercial group. Robert Graham has taken over the South territory and Rob Vincent fills the newly created Upper Midwest territory. Robert Graham works from his base... more

Organic Ag Institute begins forming knowledge network, assessing needs

After pioneering the organic movement in the 1970s, California now leads the nation in number of organic farms, total organic acreage and overall organic crop value. Attaining this status was no small feat, and largely driven by resourceful growers w... more

Agencies: Infrastructure bill delivers victory for Western water users

With President Joe Biden’s signature on the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Nov. 15, a national coalition representing thousands of Western farmers, ranchers, businesses and rural and urban water providers declared a victory fo... more