Crop Protection
PMA adds to Food Safety Team
The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) announced in early January that it was reorganizing the staff to better implement its strategic plans. The staff changes, and the addition of food safety expert Johnna Hepner, will further... more »
Canada’s Dwarf Sour Cherries Conducive to Machine Harvest
By Matt Milkovich, Managing Editor The University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada, has bred dwarf sour cherries (also called prairie sour cherries) with good fruit quality that can be harvested by machine, said Bob Bors,... more »
Guthion Education Initiative
MANA Crop Protection has announced a new Guthion insecticide grower education initiative to U.S. apple producers, according to the U.S. Apple Association (USApple).MANA is the only manufacturer of Guthion (azinphos-methyl) and the only source of... more »
Sysstem-CAL Shows Promise in Research Trials
University and private research orchard trials are showing that Agro-K Corp.'s calcium micronutrient Sysstem-CAL can be tank mixed with early season applications of Apogee, Promalin, Sevin XLR Plus and other plant growth regulators on apples... more »
Keeping Under Cover: The Ideal Look of an Orchard Floor
In 25 years of studying the matter, Ian Merwin has seen all kinds of systems for managing groundcover vegetation in orchards. In some European orchards managed for cider apples, the grass grows like a hayfield.... more »
Serious About Food Safety
One thing you hear in every food safety talk is that food safety is not something to be used to gain a competitive advantage. Well, guess what. The sputtering economy has apparently affected the drive... more »
Agriculture Department Says Pennsylvania Is Free of Plum Pox Virus in Fruit Trees; All Quarantines L
Pennsylvania acting Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced today that after 10 years, the Plum Pox Virus has been eradicated in the state.The Plum Pox Virus is a disease that severely affects stone fruit production. Found... more »
Blueberry Virus Strikes Michigan Research Center
The bloom could be off Michigan's $124 million per year blueberry industry after two destructive viruses infected bushes in three locations. Detroit Free PressClick here to read the rest of the story. more »
Michigan Takes a Serious Look at Cranberries
There are a number of explanations for why Wisconsin has 18,000 acres of cranberries and Michigan, a similar place 100 miles away across Lake Michigan, has only 250. Potential growers tend to blame it on... more »
Michigan Moves to Stop Two Exotic Blueberry Plant Diseases
Two exotic blueberry plant diseases have been identified in Michigan for the first time -- blueberry shock and blueberry scorch. Both viral plant diseases have the potential to cause significant losses to blueberry producers, but... more »
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