🍑🍑 "California's peach apocalypse is upon us, and it's not because of climate change or locust plagues. Nope, it's a corporate meltdown—Del Monte goes kaput and 420k trees are sentenced to death row. Who needs fresh fruit when you can just enable JavaScript and refresh for a 404 error? 🍑🍑"
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Calif. farmers to clear 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte bankruptcy

The USDA approved $9 million in federal aid to help California farmers remove thousands of peach trees after the closure of Del Monte's canneries in the state.

SFGATE

img 1: Small Journal 1900 No. 555 Moroccan Embassy - Justice - Against Hail

img2: Wine growers using hail cannons in the vineyards in the Beaujolais, France. Illustration in: le Petit Parisien, France, Sept, 23, 1900.

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THE EXPERT EDGE BY ZPONZ: Expert in Fruit Industry
Nikki joined the staff of the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center (NWMHRC) in September of 2004 as the District IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Agent for Fruit. She was named coordinator in 2010 and District Extension Horticulture Educator .
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Fungi to the rescue: South African scientists use innovative approach to protect apple trees

Six fungi species were tested and three were found fast and effective at infecting and destroying woolly apple aphids.

The Conversation
Grandi acquisizioni di agrumeti in Sicilia

La forza dell'agricoltura di successo, si sa, è nella capacità di formare grandi aggregazioni. E' così che il gruppo Unifrutti annuncia l'acquisto dell'azienda agricola siciliana Castellana,…