http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/ Official web site for the Fruit Growers News. USDA announced Feb. 19 that it is withdrawing a proposal to amend the Blueberry Promotion, Research and Information Order. http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3642 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update Stemilt announced last week that it was joining forces with Dovex Fruit Co. to become the leading tree fruit growing, packing and marketing operation in the nation. http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3641 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update Here is the U.S. Apple Association's latest update on the 2009 apple crop, taken from the March 2010 issue of Market News. http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3640 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update Work on Ocean Spray's mega development near Rogersville is behind schedule, but the cranberry giant will still manage to plant more than 100 acres this spring. <i>New Brunswick Business Journal</i> http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3634 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update Supporters of immigration reform are making another push to pass a congressional bill that would give undocumented farm workers a path to permanent residency and ultimately citizenship. <i>Bakersfield.com</i> http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3639 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update Peach farmers are preparing for frost Monday night. <i>KDRV (Ore.)</i> http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3638 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update A controversial farm labor bill remains stalled in the New York State Senate, and it's anyone's guess whether or not it will pass. http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3632 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update On Feb. 22, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a lower court ruling affecting pesticide applications, effectively upholding a decision that will make life more difficult for growers who apply pesticides via spray nozzle. http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3631 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update Rick VanderKolk had been in and out of politics for almost a decade when he first started collaborating with Tammie Wilson two years ago. <i>Fairbanks, Ak., News-Miner</I> http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3630 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update When Mexico and the United States were entering a landmark free trade agreement 16 years ago, one thing was clear: Mexican farmers would initially find it difficult to compete with heavily subsidized U.S. agricultural products. <i>Los Angeles Times</i> http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3633 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update The cold snap that's expected to hit the valley soon has some orchard owners concerned about their fruit. <i>KTVL TV (Ore.)</i> http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3628 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update Rely herbicide from Bayer CropScience will be available in a new, more powerful formulation, Rely 280, for 2010. http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3625 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update Join Bill Lamont, assistant director for the Center for Plasticulture, Penn State University and past president of the American Society of Plasticulture (ASP), and Ron Goldy, Michigan State University district Extension educator, and current ASP president, for a free high tunnel Webinar. http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3624 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update The International Fruit Tree Association handed out several awards at its banquet March 2, part of the association's 53rd annual conference in Grand Rapids, Mich. http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3619 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update A freeze in January that wiped out thousands of strawberries across the state of Florida is now starting to wipe out customers. <i>WALB-10 News</i> http://fgn.fruitgrowersnews.com/newsroom.html?ns=3620 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 News Update