During a Tuesday farm bill hearing, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture quizzed panelists on a broad range of topics regarding specialty crops and nutrition programs....More
Bill Landreth’s thirteenth strawberry crop is his biggest and best crop ever. It’s also the earliest the Newport, Ark., berry grower can remember picking and packaging “Bill’s Best” strawberries....More
Arkansas has seen its share of record-high temperatures in February and March, but warm daily low temperatures are prompting Arkansas’ fruit trees to bloom....More
Trends for 2012 and beyond, plus a look at labor issues, are among the topics on the agenda for the third annual Mid-South Commercial Horticulture-Fruit Producers Meeting set for Jan. 24 in Conway, Ark....More
A free online tool in now available to help U.S. producers of all sizes achieve Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) harmonized standards and certification, helping to further expand economic opportunities for American agriculture....More
In years past, December was not the month to say a lot about strawberries in Louisiana, but with growers planting newer varieties that produce earlier, it’s becoming the norm....More
The USDA has announced it will seek to establish a Citrus Disease Research and Development Advisory Committee comprised of representatives from both the citrus producer and scientific communities....More
Like his peers, Merced County, Calif., farmer Cannon Michael is fed up with the Environmental Working Group’s annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of so-called consumer alerts about pesticide-contaminated fresh fruits and vegetables....More
