Crops
Remembering the Horticulture Legacy of Gary Falkenstein
June 27, 2020
Sakata Seed America has expanded its pepper offerings with the acquisition of the blocky bell pepper breeding program from Danziger “Dan” Seeds Ltd of Israel.
The new Smallscape Gardens Program takes recipe programs for hanging baskets, containers, and upright plants, and applies them to in-ground landscape applications.
Costa Farms, the second-largest ornamentals operation in the U.S., continues to expand with the acquisition of DeLeon Bromeliads.
Cornell University researchers hunt for cultivars that produce stable and consistent yields while withstanding pest and disease pressure.
The “Experience Hemp: Summer Solstice 2020 Virtual Conference and Trade Show” kicked off with a panel discussion detailing how drones are used in field hemp cultivation, the promise of blockchain in ensuring transparent and safe products, and a final warning to anyone planting hemp this summer.
Growing cannabis exclusively for high-end THC content is still valuable, but ensuring your grow is set up to take the sensory experience to the next level is a growing trend in commercial cannabis production.
Mark Schermer, who led the transformation of Syngenta’s Flowers marketing business in Europe, is replacing Michael Kester, who is retiring after 42 years at Syngenta.
The vertical integrated greenhouse producer of tomatoes, peppers, and other crops is expanding its reach once again.
The hemp boom has failed to materialize, and regulatory uncertainty is to blame, writes Bayleen Linnekin for Reason.com
A precision agriculture consultant discusses the importance of inner reflection prior to making a large capital investment in a new piece of farming technology, and presents his 5 stages of ag tech purchase decision making.
We caught up with Black Dog LED chief scientist Kevin Frender to converse around a couple topics of interest currently in the legal cannabis world.
The business of legal cannabis is growing globally, and the folks behind the annual conference in Amsterdam hosted a recent webinar looking at the segment from a global perspective.
A new 280,000 square-foot greenhouse will add to the company’s growing network of local, sustainable greenhouses that will reach thousands of supermarkets between Maine and Georgia.