2018 Almond Pollination Market Outlook: Demand, Supply, and Contracts
By: Brittney Goodrich The end of 2017 is here, and the upcoming almond pollination season in California looms on the horizon. Many of you…
Read MoreBy: Brittney Goodrich The end of 2017 is here, and the upcoming almond pollination season in California looms on the horizon. Many of you…
Read More2017 saw US prices for blueberries plummet. A market glut, fuelled in part by competition from high-bush blueberries, drove prices so low that farmers…
Read MoreRoss Courtney – Good Fruit Grower A load of honeybees arrives from California in April 2017 at Olson Orchards in Selah, Washington. Beekeepers worry…
Read MoreJay Ruskey, left, and Mark Gaskell, shown at a coffee tasting in 2015. They planted their first California coffee field trial in 2002. Coffee…
Read MoreAlmond Board of California (ABC) on Dec 5 announced an investment of $4.8 million in 64 independent, third-party research projects exploring next-generation farming practices….
Read MoreBy: Matthew Appleby – HORTICULTURE WEEK The European Commission is proposing an extension of the ban to all outdoor crops, this will be discussed…
Read MoreAn unseasonably warm, dry summer on Mount Rainier in 2015 caused subalpine wildflowers to change their bloom times and form ‘reassembled’ communities, with unknown…
Read MoreBy David Eddy, Growing Produce California growers enjoyed some welcome rain this past winter, but because it had been two full decades since such…
Read MoreDENVER — Honeybees may be the world’s most famous pollinator, but a new study shows that blueberry blooms reduce the insects to improvisational klutzes. Not…
Read MoreBy: Ryan Bushey The key to designing the next generation of drones could reside in the animal kingdom. Engineers are exploring an area of…
Read MoreResearch led by Purdue University professor Peter Hirst shows that pollen from some apple trees may be better for pollinating high-value apples. (Purdue Agricultural…
Read MoreJIM SMITH-DAILY DEMOCRAT, Courtesy of AgAlert Did you know – pollination has become the top income source for beekeepers nationwide—accounting for $338 million in…
Read MoreCaroline Macdonald of Food Dive Dive Brief: Almonds were the number one nut used in global new food products for the 10th straight year…
Read MoreFor the study – funded by Hort Innovation and Plant & Food Research and the Australian Macadamia Society (AMS) – researchers conducted a trial…
Read MoreIowa State University post-doctoral research student Adam Dolezal admits there is a misconception about honeybees in the Midwest. He says that despite what many…
Read MoreWith a warmer climate, fruits like cherries and peaches will be able to be grown at higher latitudes and altitudes in B.C. Can you…
Read MoreOn Saturday, July 15th we’re holding our third Pollinator Day here at the Root Company’s Pollinator Meadow, behind our Corporate Headquarters. There’s a several…
Read MoreDara Stanley, NUI Galway Plants sold at UK garden centres are tainted by a cocktail of pesticide residues, a study has found.1 The mix…
Read MoreA Better Way To Protect Crops, and Bees By: John Dietz Beekeepers may be delivering a new service for crop producers, in North America…
Read MoreBy Jim Offner The Packer Huanglongbing (HLB) has been confirmed in a residential citrus tree in Southern California, and officials are expanding the area…
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