by wtroxell | May 9, 2017 | News
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday said President Trump may be open to creating a way for some undocumented immigrant workers to stay in the U.S. and Perdue is already working on a “blueprint” of policy guidelines to offer the president. Refusing to...
by wtroxell | May 9, 2017 | Vegetables
The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely damaging earthworm populations around the world, say scientists. The findings published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology show a systematic decline in...
by wtroxell | May 6, 2017 | Vegetables
Protect every chive, onion and garlic! The allium leafminer is here! The allium leafminer is here and beginning to reach peak populations as of last week, April 25th to April 30th. See more here.
by wtroxell | May 6, 2017 | Vegetables
Reports from nine vegetable research projects funded jointing by PVGA and the Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program (PVMRP) in 2016 are now available on the PVMRP website here.
by wtroxell | May 6, 2017 | Vegetables
While recent media reports have condemned a commonly used agricultural pesticide as detrimental to honey bee health, scientists with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have found that the overall health of honey bee hives actually improves in the...