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RMA authorizes emergency procedures to help drought-impacted producers
The USDA is authorizing emergency procedures to help agricultural producers impacted by extreme drought conditions. USDA’s Risk Management Agency is working with crop insurance companies to streamline and accelerate the adjustment of losses and i... more
Purdue schedules Education Field Day, webinars for small farmers
Small and urban farmers are invited to join Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture and the Purdue Student Farm for the Small Farm Education Field Day and Webinar series. The in-person field day will be hosted a... more
North Carolina State University debuts new Produce Handling Facility
North Carolina agricultural interests have invested in a facility that supports research and Extension programs focusing in research data collection and postharvest technologies for the produce industry. Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and... more
Peer-reviewed study confirms The Bee Corp’s pollination standard
Indianapolis, Indiana-based The Bee Corp announced July 13 the publication of a peer-reviewed study looking at the company’s hive strength assessment methodology in a new global repository of standardized data, Bee XML Journal. The Bee Corp CEO El... more
Sweet Grown initiative connects Alabama farmers to local groceries
Sweet Grown Alabama has launched an effort to help the state’s farmers sell more produce in local grocery stores. The nonprofit foundation, which promotes Alabama’s farming industry, is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Al... more
Western Growers releases video series ‘No Water = No Crops’
In "No Water = No Crops," a series of videos released July 12 by Western Growers, three California farmers show the impact the drought is having on their operations, and the cascading losses that result to farmworkers and their communities. “Thi... more
Federal judge takes issue with fight over California strawberries
A quarrel over lucrative California strawberry strains withered in court July 6 after a federal judge picked apart a corporate seller’s patent infringement lawsuit against the former chief of a legendary breeding institute. According to a report... more
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