Important Notice to Employers Hiring New Employees

United States Citizenship Immigration Service issued the following notice today, July 17, 2017: USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on July 17. Instructions for how to download Form I-9 are available on the Form I-9 page....

Vegetable Field Day at Landisville is July 25

The 2017 Pennsylvania Vegetable Field Day will be held on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at Penn State’s Southeast Research and Extension Center in Manheim (Landisville) from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The field day enables growers to observe firsthand the various vegetable...

Vegetable and Fruit Field Day at Rock Spring is July 12

A Field Day for fruit and vegetable growers will be held on July 12, 2017 at Penn State’s Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, Pennsylvania. Growers will have the opportunity to see what’s happening with the numerous vegetable and...

Current Vegetable and Small Fruit Issues – June 13

Penn State Extension Specialists and Educators from across the state discussed the following issues currently being seen on farms in Pennsylvania during their recent bi-weekly conference call: General conditions: Less rain, more heat, crops are finally moving along. ...

Current Vegetable and Berry Issues

Growers and others should be aware of several important issues that were discussed by the Penn State Extension vegetable, berry and mushroom team during this week’s conference call. Allium leafminer damage to onions and garlic. This was the most common issue by far...

Researchers Test Self-Destructing Moth Pest

Researchers in a New York cabbage patch are planning the first release on American soil of insects genetically engineered to die before they can reproduce. It’s a pesticide-free attempt to control invasive diamondback moths, a voracious consumer of cabbage, broccoli...

New Technology Helps Control Nematodes

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and safely. The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause $157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, other...

Solving the Nitrogen Fixation Mystery

Inspired by a natural process found in certain bacteria, a team of Caltech researchers is inching closer to a new method for producing fertilizer that could some day hold benefits for farmers — particularly in the developing world — while also shedding light on a...

PVGA History Documented on Website

We have been working at including some historical information about PVGA and the people involved in the Association in the past.  You can now read about the past Presidents and Secretary-Treasurers of the Association here.  You can also read about those members who...