fruit pest News
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Management Strategies to Reduce Catfacing in Peaches
For producers of peaches and other orchard-grown produce, managing the orchard floor can present challenges. Unwelcome vegetation on the orchard floor competes with trees for water and nutrients reducing tree growth and productivity, and can be a host for pathogens and insect pests. Utilizing best practices for irrigation and vegetation management in the orchard helps growers to optimize tree ...
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RapidAIM is now certified organic
We’re proud to announce that RapidAIM is now an SXC Certified Organic allowed input company! The organic market is currently booming in Australia, with the Woolworths Organic Growth Fund giving 30M to farmers, and other retailers such as Aldi expanding on their Organic range. What does this mean for organic growers? Growers that are certified organic can deploy our Digital Pest ...
By RapidAIM
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Fruit fly outbreak cost growers $4.1 million; could have been much worse
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences economists estimate the Oriental fruit fly outbreak last year caused at least $4.1 million in direct crop damages in Miami-Dade County, but the damage could have been far worse, UF/IFAS researchers say. In the new report, UF/IFAS researchers and the chief economist for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, ...
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