Vegetables news

• Buddy Leger, national watermelon leader, dies

  07-03-2025 17:06
  
  Buddy Leger
  Charles M. “Buddy” Leger, a major U.S. watermelon and pecan grower, has died. He was 92.
  Leger co-founded Leger & Son, based in Cordele, Georgia.
  Leger, who was also a leading figure in national pecan and watermelon associations and promotion organizations, passed away on Feb. 28.
  After leaving the Navy, Leger worked for years as a USDA inspector in south Georgia, grading peanuts and other commodities before managing the Cordele state farmers market. In 1965, he start
  
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• It’s the ‘eggconomy’, stupid. Can food inflation topple Trump?

  07-03-2025 10:15 via foodnavigator.com
  
  Egg prices are breaking new records in the US, but this could be the start of a thread that might be the downfall of US president Donald Trump
  
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• Abiotic stress management products now available from Acadian Plant Health

  07-03-2025 06:00
  
  Acadian Plant Health, a biostimulant technologies provider, has released its Abiotic Stress Management (ASM) portfolio. The advancement moves the industry beyond currently available biostimulants.
  Proven to reliably enhance plant growth and stress tolerance, the ASM portfolio helps crops combat abiotic stress, the leading cause of yield loss, according to the release.
  The US Department of Agriculture estimates that 90% of crop losses are related to extreme weather, lowering annual farmer income
  
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