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2021 National Farm Safety and Health Week features webinars
Agriculture is known as one of the most dangerous industries in America and abroad. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, approximately 2 million full-time workers were employed in production agriculture in the U.S. i... more
Southeast rivals have common goal in world of peach production
Georgia and South Carolina share a border, a passion for football and pride in their peaches. With the University of Georgia (UGA) and Clemson University campuses separated by a mere 70 miles, the Bulldogs and Tigers began fighting it out on t... more
Food freezing concept helps quality, increases safety, cuts energy use
Shifting to a new food freezing method could make for safer and better quality frozen foods while saving energy and reducing carbon emissions, according to a new study by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and University of California-Berkeley scie... more
National datasets fall short in capturing agricultural production deaths
Authors of a recently published paper propose a more comprehensive surveillance and tracking system to provide a better picture of agriculture-related fatalities in the United States. The peer-reviewed article, published in the Journal of Agromedi... more
Carbon Robotics secures $27M for its autonomous field weeders
Carbon Robotics, an agriculture robotics company, announced Sept. 1 it secured $27 million in Series B financing from Anthos Capital, Ignition Partners, Fuse Venture Capital, Voyager Capital, Bolt and Liquid2 Ventures to accelerate the company's grow... more
American Cider Association hosts Diane Flynt as keynote speaker for CiderCon 2022
The American Cider Association has announced that award winning cidermaker Diane Flynt will be the keynote speaker at CiderCon 2022 set to take place in Richmond, Virginia, from Feb. 2-4, 2022. Flynt's keynote presentation will highlight the histo... more
Michigan’s Oceana Foods to begin asset sale process
New Mill Capital, a national food processing asset disposition firm has been engaged by Cherry Central Cooperative to sell the Oceana Foods dehydrated product plant located in Shelby, Michigan. The company announced in July that it would idle the pla... more