Strawberries are a high demand/high value crop, so growing a healthy crop means successfully managing pests, especially mites. A recent and ongoing study from the Michigan State Department of Entomology, conducted by Lauren Goldstein, Joshua Striegle, Caz Schwennesen, Mia Bianchi and Rufus Isaacs, e...

In a paper titled “Nature’s GM sweet potato and the rock from space,” English investigative science writer Claire Robinson tackles the intentions of British biotech entrepreneur Jonathan Jones. Jones hoped to dismantle safety testing and assessment for genetically modified (GM) foods. He justified h...

Griffin Greenhouse Supplies recently hosted a virtual expo featuring a wide variety of educational sessions. George Grant, Griffin’s technical specialist manager, presented about the current hot topics in insect control, mite control and plant growth regulators. Grant emphasized that “starting clean...

While the organic vegetable market can be lucrative, successfully growing a healthy crop using organic methods can feel impossible at times. Multiple issues can arise, caused by either biotic (insect pests and diseases) or abiotic (temperatures, light and moisture) stressors. Organic insecticides ca...

Carl Majewski, a University of New Hampshire Extension field specialist, has been working to increase awareness of IPM practices for both farmers and non-farming stakeholders. He’s noticed that throughout the years, farmers are continuously leasing land from non-farming landowners. Majewski pointed ...

CLIMAX, NC – This autumn, Faylene Whitaker was celebrated as the 2024 Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year. In 2025, Whitaker Farms & Garden Nursery will celebrate 50 years of operation. What began as 10 acres of tobacco has grown into a highly diversified operation on over 900 acres of o...

Lindsey Pashow is the owner of Adirondack View Lavender in Keeseville, NY. Some of the lavender crop she grows ends up in body care products. Some is harvested by U-pick customers. But a large percentage is utilized in regularly scheduled wreath workshops. Pashow is also an agriculture business deve...

For over two years now, the American Floral Endowment (AFE) has been hosting monthly webinars in their Grow Pro Webinar Series . AFE invited Dr. Rose Buitenhuis, the director of biological crop protection at the Vineland Research & Innovation Centre (VRIC), to discuss how to control thrips through I...

New varieties are always exciting to look at in catalogs and dream about in your beds – but how they actually perform is another story. Fortunately, trial gardens exist and do a lot of the heavy lifting for growers. Presenting “Right Plants, Right Place: Perennial Insights for the Northeastern U.S.”...