President Biden Proclaims March 23 National Ag Day
President Joe Biden has proclaimed March 23, 2021 as National Ag Day. This year marks the fifth year that The White House has publicly recognized…
Industry News
Lessons From COVID-19: The Good, the Bad and the Opportunities
By Michael Sansolo, Retail Food Industry Consultant Following the craziness of 2020, the entire food industry faces both a specific challenge and opportunity as prominent…
H2O: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Recycling Water in Carrot Pack Houses By Udi Leshem, Co-founder, Aqua HD Aqua HD has designed a water treatment technology involving particle separation that allows…
Operator Comfort, Application Quality and Machine Uptime Are Focus of New John Deere 400, 600 Series Sprayers
To meet the application needs of today’s farmers who demand operator comfort, high-quality application and the most machine uptime possible, John Deere has introduced new…
Metam Movement
40,000 Soil Readings, Five Takeaway Insights By Bill Woodward, NovaSource North America Today, many carrot growers are using the soil fumigants metam sodium and metam…
John Deere offers all-new lineup of Hagie Self-Propelled Sprayers
New Hagie STS16 Sprayer equipped with Hagie Hybrid Boom. John Deere offers an all-new lineup of Hagie Self-Propelled Sprayers for model year 2022 to help…
Tong Updates Vegetable Polishing Equipment
Tong Engineering has unveiled several updates to its range of vegetable polishing equipment. Originally introduced to the market in 2012, the TPS-Pro polisher features an electric…
USDA: No Transmission of COVID-19 Through Food or Food Packaging
The following is attributed to Acting USDA Secretary Kevin Shea and Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D. After more than a year since the coronavirus disease…
How Do Radishes Work As a Cover Crop?
Radishes can be used as biofumigants and break up soil Integrating cover crops into a farming system can be beneficial in more ways than one….
To the Max
Story and photos by Dave Alexander, Publisher Whenever possible, Eric Jemmett and his partners with J&S Farms Inc. in Parma, Idaho, take things “to the…
