by wtroxell | Aug 26, 2023 | Berry, News
The fourth PVGA twilight meeting for 2023 will be co-sponsored by the PVGA Berry Committee. It will be held on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at Strite’s Orchard, 1000 Strite’s Road, Harrisburg (Dauphin County) from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. The Strite family has been farming...
by wtroxell | Jun 17, 2017 | Berry, Vegetables
Penn State Extension Specialists and Educators from across the state discussed the following issues currently being seen on farms in Pennsylvania during their recent bi-weekly conference call: General conditions: Less rain, more heat, crops are finally moving along. ...
by wtroxell | Jun 4, 2017 | Berry, Potato, Vegetables
Growers and others should be aware of several important issues that were discussed by the Penn State Extension vegetable, berry and mushroom team during this week’s conference call. Allium leafminer damage to onions and garlic. This was the most common issue by far...
by wtroxell | Jun 3, 2017 | Berry, Potato, Vegetables
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and safely. The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause $157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, other...
by wtroxell | May 26, 2017 | Berry, Vegetables
Beekeepers across the United States lost 33 percent of their honey bee colonies during the year spanning April 2016 to April 2017, according to the latest preliminary results of an annual nationwide survey. Rates of both winter loss and summer loss–and consequently,...
by wtroxell | May 26, 2017 | Berry
Question: I’m attempting to manage orange rust in a bramble planting. I know what the early spindly growth looks like in the spring, and I am familiar with the orange cheese puff-looking stage. But what happens between these 2 stages and what symptoms should I be...
