USDA Announces the Addition of “GroupGap” to its Audit Services October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Scott Monroe Recently the USDA announced the addition of a new third-party auditing service that will be available through the Ag Marketing Service (AMS). The service, called “GroupGAP”, will be available in[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Marketing
Managing Manure – How Long is Long Enough? October 29, 2015 - From Issue: 607 By: Scott Monroe There are certain questions within our culture for which there are simply no good answers. For example, how many times have we heard the classic question, “If a tree falls[Read More…] Article Tags: Food Safety Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
Food Safety Considerations for Flooded Vegetable Crops July 9, 2015 - From Issue: 601 By: Scott Monroe Read More With the record-setting rainfall we’ve seen over the past month, flooding of fields is very widespread (Figure 1). Fields that have experienced flooding present growers with difficult management choices. Flooding[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Food Safety Irrigation and Drainage
Food Safety Audit Cost-share and Consulting Program April 29, 2015 - From Issue: 596 By: Scott Monroe Purdue University and the Illiana Watermelon Association (IWA) are offering food safety audit cost-share programs to Indiana fruit and vegetable growers this year. Funds for the programs come from a[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Production Management
Produce Food Safety – Make it Cultural! February 20, 2015 - From Issue: 593 By: Scott Monroe As we approach the 2015 growing season, produce food safety continues to be an important issue. This year, why not make it one of your goals to create a “culture”[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
