Fruits

Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership hosts Risk Management Conference

The Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership (ISAP) is hosting its third biennial Risk Management Conference, a virtual event scheduled for Aug. 1, 8 and 15 from 9-10:30 a.m. each day. The conference, held on Zoom, will... more »

Texas opens organic certification cost share program

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) have announced that its National Organic Certification Cost Share Program is now accepting applications. This program offers financial assistance to organic producers, processors,... more »

USDA to celebrate 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer

As 2026 will bring global recognition of female growers through the International Year of the Woman Farmer, the USDA is announcing how it plans to participate in the initiative. The United Nations has designated 2026... more »

Taranis launches agronomic engine Ag Assistant

Taranis, a crop intelligence provider, has introduced Ag Assistant, an AI-powered agronomic engine designed to assist crop input and farm management decision-making. This tool uses multimodal AI to enhance the speed and accuracy of addressing... more »

Dutch field tray technology comes to U.S. strawberry farming

Dutch company GEGE Machinebouw has introduced a tray field system that is transforming strawberry farming in the U.S. Collaborating with Haygrove and Nourse Farms, GEGE's elevated tray field project boasts it will help growers by... more »

Fruitways captures value in pome fruit with AgroFresh partnership

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., has partnered with South Africa’s Fruitways to improve apple storage and quality using the SmartFresh Quality System and Harvista 1.3 SC. This collaboration has enabled Fruitways to extend storage times and maintain... more »

Intense heat stress California crops, growers

Crops, including grapes and melons, across California continue to take a beating as farmers work to reduce impacts of a lingering heat wave that has increased their costs and jeopardized production. With prolonged triple-digit temperatures... more »

Fresh Views: Grapevine disease management tackled

Last year posed significant challenges for grapevine growers in California as they battled against heightened disease pressure. Facing threats from several major fungal diseases such as powdery mildew (PM), botrytis and phomopsis cane and leaf... more »