November 2019
Thanksgiving Green Bean Casserole
by Highland Ag Solutions
Have you ever wondered what it takes to put green bean casserole on your table for Thanksgiving?
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Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving from Highland!
by Highland Ag Solutions
The holiday season is here! We would like to take a moment to share some of the things that we are thankful for.
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Read MoreOctober 2019
Produce Safety Rule: Animal Intrusion
by Highland Ag Solutions
We continue our FSMA Produce Safety Rule series. In our most recent video, Food Safety Specialist, Bristol Wells analyzes important information regarding Animal Intrusion.
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Read MoreOctober 2019
The Produce Safety Rule and FSMA Explained
by Highland Ag Solutions
Kaylee Norris and Bristol Wells, head up our Food Safety Team at Highland. In this video, they dive into the Produce Safety Rule and FSMA. Kaylee and Bristol cover the important details to help you better understand the rule, and how it affects your daily operation.
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Read MoreJanuary 2019
Biocontrol
by Chris Crockett
In order to control agricultural pests, sometimes growers need to turn to natural solutions to help increase the efficiency of an existing integrated pest management program, or in the case of organic growers, to meet regulatory standards. One of the most heavily utilized natural solutions to control these pests is the use of biocontrol agents. …
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Read MoreNovember 2018
Protecting Your Crop Right Up to Harvest
by Frank Kelsey & Tyler Jacoby, PhD
Recently, many of our customers have been experiencing strawberry crown rot, leaf spots and fungal pathogens on berries and vegetable crops. In the case of strawberries, the prolonged overhead irrigation required after transplanting provides optimal infection conditions for bacterial and fungal pathogens. In addition, warm and humid weather conditions result in increased disease pressure on …
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Read MoreOctober 2018
IMPORTANT: New FDA Produce Guidance Released
by Highland Ag Solutions
If your operation is registered with FDA as a food facility, you are required to be compliant with the Preventive Controls for Human Foods Rule, rather than the Produce Safety rule. This is an important distinction. Many packing or storage facilities previously registered under older criterion can now be categorized as secondary farms under the Produce Safety …
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Read MoreJune 2018
Technology in the Strawberry Patch
by Victoria Bouloubasis, A Chef’s Life
Late spring and early summer are the times of year where a drive through eastern North Carolina takes you through fields and fields of strawberry patches hugging the ground in perfectly manicured rows. It gives you the kind of feeling the Beatles crooned about: that the strawberry fields really do go on forever. Even though …
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Read MoreJune 2018
Connecting the Dots: Irrigation Management Technology
by Highland Precision Ag
A grower wakes to the glowing light of the phone on his night table. A notification has been pushed from the weather station in the early hours due to last night’s storm, which produced heavy rainfall. A second one appears quickly after from the soil and salinity probe, notifying him that he is reaching his …
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Read MoreJune 2018
Weather Stations: A New Class Emerges
by Chris Crockett
The bane of any farmer’s operation is an unpredictable shift in weather that can harm one’s crop. From rains at harvest, to freezes during flowering, even the best predictive weather models cannot always account for inopportune weather. Farmers spend a decent portion of their time constantly observing the patterns of mother nature, in the hopes …