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U.S. senators from both parties from citrus-producing states are asking the Senate Agriculture Committee to include $125 million in the farm bill for citrus greening research.

Vidalia onion grower Bland Farms, Glennville, Ga., is celebrating 70 years of farming.

Compac has a new laboratory designed to be deployed directly to fields and orchards, packed with the latest in analytical sensor technologies from parent company Tomra.

Western Growers is again seeking proposals from ag-tech startups who can compete for a minimum of $250,000 in investment capital through the 2018 AgSharks Competition.

California’s pomegranate crop is expected to be down again this year, but growers say ample promotable volume should be available.

Black Gold Farms has started harvesting red and yellow potatoes in the Red River Valley.

The debate over weed killers containing glyphosate continues to be issue in Germany.

When the Food and Drug Administration tells a food company to issue a recall “or else,” a new document describes exactly what that means.

Hood River, Ore.-based Diamond Fruit Growers has unveiled a packing line specifically engineered for pears from Unitec.

Research at the University of Florida on citrus greening disease isn’t focused solely on helping trees fight the disease. Researchers also are attacking the source: the Asian citrus psyllid that spreads the disease.