Fruits & vegetables news
2024-10-18
Do Adult Cicadas Actually Feed on Anything?
Every so often, cicadas emerge above ground and blanket the earth with their exoskeletons while emitting a high-pitched chirp from sunrise to sunset. The periodical cicadas in the genus
Magicicada... Read more
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2024-09-12
USDA Commemorates 100 Years of Contributions to the Grape Industry
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2024-07-27
USDA Research Identifies Moths that Slow the Spread of Invasive Fern
The invasive Old World climbing fern was introduced to Florida’s ecosystem from southeast Asia around 1965. It soon dominated the state’s native vegetation, infesting more than 100,000 acres in a... Read more
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2024-07-25
USDA Research Identifies and Tracks Moth Species That Can Destroy Packaged Food
Plodia interpunctella, better known as the Indian Meal Moth, is normally found where you store your grains. This means that it can move through tiny openings in plastic or cardboard packages in your... Read more
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2024-05-09
Scientists Use Gene-Editing Technology to Produce First Calf Resistant to Major Viral Disease
Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually. Read more
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2024-05-08
European farmers battling 'devastating' spring frost
A late spring cold snap has fruit growers and winemakers in Germany and Europe worried. The German Winegrowers' Association has warned that this year's harvest is at risk. Read more
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2024-05-08
USDA-ARS Research Entomologist Named Finalist in the Samuel J. Heyman Service To America Medal
Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, a research entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, is being honored today as a finalist for a 2023 Samuel J. Heyman Service to... Read more
2024-05-08
Clinical trial offers new approach to managing severe food allergies in children
A Natasha Allergy Research Foundation funded trial has been carried out, observing children with “severe milk and peanut allergies”. Read more
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2024-05-08
Tunisia’s olive farmers adapt to extreme weather
Drought has had a severe impact on the olive harvest in Tunisia, resulting in exploding olive oil prices. Farmers are finding ways to adapt to extreme weather, such as switching to new irrigation... Read more
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2024-05-07
This Summer’s Drought Will Plague Farmers in Yakima Valley and Kittitas Area
On the south slope of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Yakima Valley, north of Prosser, water is measured by the puny drip. Jim Willard grows mainly grapes and a few apples. Read more
2024-05-07
This Summer’s Drought Will Plague Farmers in Yakima Valley and Kittitas Area
On the south slope of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Yakima Valley, north of Prosser, water is measured by the puny drip. Jim Willard grows mainly grapes and a few apples. Read more
2024-05-06
The Potato Can Strengthen Food Security and Livelihoods
Global agrifood systems are facing challenges to feed the world’s growing population and the potato can provide an effective solution. That was the key message delivered at a webinar held by the World... Read more