Industry News

Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor After a two-year postponement, the 40th International Carrot Conference gave nearly 100 attendees from nine countries a look…

The Organic Produce Network has chosen longtime organic grower Jeff Huckaby as the recipient of the fifth annual Grower of the Year award. Huckaby, president and CEO of…

What do recent discoveries regarding soil biology and soil organic matter mean for soil management? Something between “this changes everything” and “nothing new.” Science is…

Soil is a living thing. It sustains life in many ways and plays a vital role in providing us with food, fuel, fiber, and shelter….

By Mary Ruth McDonald, Tyler Blauel and Kevin Vander Kooi, University of Guelph The carrot weevil (CW) is an important pest of carrots in Ontario,…

A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change. A recent modelling study found that changing weather could increase suitable habitat…

By Gina Greenway, Greenway Research One of the most costly and persistent challenges impacting carrot seed production is bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas. The economic…

Insights into Bacterial Blight Epidemiology By Jeremiah Dung and Jeness Scott, Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University A research study is…

Meeting the Agricultural Needs of the Eastern Great Lakes Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. held a celebratory groundbreaking to mark the commencement of construction on a new…

Drexel Chemical Company has added two new sales representatives to its staff. Jeremy Corrigan Jeremy Corrigan has been hired as Upper Midwest sales representative, responsible for…