Agriculture producers who grow the nation’s healthy fresh produce want a seat at the table for the major federal food and farm legislation — the farm bill. Fresh produce farmers are under constant pressure from crippling rules, regulations and the lack of immigration reform that’s made for a shaky and uncertain labor supply — the workers who harvest the healthy food the nation needs....More

In recent years there has been an increase in the amount of sugarbeet fields that have exhibited boron deficiency symptoms. This nutrient has an essential role in promoting cell wall formation, carbohydrate metabolism, and has been associated with sugar translocation....More

Fusarium is devastating: Once soil is infected, spinach can’t successfully be grown in that field for up to 15 years. The disease has been responsible for a decline in land for spinach seed production in the Pacific Northwest....More