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Vive Crop Protection welcomes Blaine Bishop as Midwest regional sales manager

Blaine Bishop recently joined Vive Crop Protection to support Vive Crop Protection's unique Precision Chemistry products in the Midwest Region. Bishop was most recently a Product Manager at MFA Inc. Prior to MFA, he was a Chemical Account Manager ... more

Vestaron announces new sustainability commitment

Vestaron, an agricultural environmental science company, is solidifying its commitment to sustainability through the launch of a new multi-faceted sustainability platform, emPOWERED by Purpose. With powerful novel solutions, Vestaron’s peptide-bas... more

RipeLocker raises $5M to pursue postharvest life of perishables

RipeLocker, a Seattle, Washington-based company specializing in extending the postharvest life of perishables, announced April 21 it has raised $5 million in series B capital from angel investors. The investment round is all from previous investors ... more

Drought relief working group to address urgency of Western water crisis

The Biden-Harris administration announced April 21 the formation of an Interagency Working Group to address worsening drought conditions in the West and support farmers, Tribes and communities impacted by ongoing water shortages. The Working Group... more

Ruling favors Washington farm groups in suit over unreasonable COVID rules

Yakima County Superior Court Judge Blaine Gibson ruled in favor of agriculture groups, prohibiting the state of Washington from enforcing unreasonable emergency COVID-19 regulations farm leaders say don’t incorporate best science, the arrival of va... more

Cornell experts advocate for ag diversity, food security

Only about 1% of New York state’s nearly 58,000 farm owners identify as Hispanic or Latinx, according to the Census of Agriculture, despite more than 80,000 such employees providing an essential backbone to the state’s farm sector. “They’r... more

Growmark supports North American Student Agribusiness Sales Competition

Growmark is a supporter of the National Agri-Marketing Association Collegiate Sales Competition, which announced winners from around North America this week. This was the second year for the event, which was held virtually April 14-15 with judges f... more