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NRCS Invites Growers to South Florida Farm Tour

Dan April 14, 2017 Florida, USDA-NRCS

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida invites growers to the South Florida Farm Tour Thursday, April 27, at 4:00 p.m. The tour, being held at Loxahatchee Groves in West Palm Beach, is designed to highlight the benefits of USDA and NRCS Programs for Hispanic Farmers. If you would like to attend please RSVP or notify Ricardo Alvarez, Outreach Specialist, by April 20 …

U.S. House Chairs Ask for H-2A Effectiveness Evaluation
Two U.S. House of Representatives committee chairs recently sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking it to evaluate the effectiveness of the H-2A visa program. The letter was sent by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina and Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania. The H-2A visa […]
Improved Method for Evaluation of Canopy Density
The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) journal HortScience recently published an article that describes a simple, low-cost method for accurate canopy evaluation of citrus. The authors are Taylor Livingston, Amit Levy and Tripti Vashisth of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center. A summary of the […]

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