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October 7, 2024
PCA is passionate about helping farmers protect crops.
September 25, 2024
Fowler Farms has been an innovator and leader in sustainability and quality production since the family first started growing in 1858. Six generations of family farming tradition continue as the company’s current operation in New York state stands at more than 2,000 acres – more than 4 million apple trees and 21 varieties.
August 9, 2024
As navel orangeworm (NOW) continues to cause significant losses to crop quality and yield for almond and pistachio growers, third-party research finds SPEAR® LEP delivers performance comparable to – and in some cases better than – competitive products in controlling the pervasive Lepidopteran pest.
July 29, 2024
We caught up with Trang Nguyen, Field Development Manager – West, to talk about the more than 40 trials she is managing for Vestaron from Washington to Arizona.
July 18, 2024
Reflecting on one year into his role as executive director and chair of the Vestaron Crop Protection board of directors, Jim Collins sees the rising crop protection company making powerful gains thanks to a combination of award-winning technology backed by some of the most passionate people working in agriculture today.
June 14, 2024
Growers in Europe are facing trying times. Climate change and increased pesticide resistance mean native pests are having a greater impact than ever before, while new populations of invasive pests are finding their way into fields.
May 31, 2024
Matt Orr is in the fast lane these days, racking up the air miles as he meets with European regulators to facilitate a series of emergency use authorizations (EUA) to get SPEAR® LEP bioinsecticide into the hands of growers.
February 22, 2024
California tree nut producers are discovering the power of SPEAR® LEP, a peptide-based insecticide, in the battle to take back control over navel orangeworm. Being the first insecticide since 2007 with a new mode of action (IRAC Group 32) producers can add SPEAR LEP to their insect management rotation to reduce the overuse of traditional synthetic chemicals.
October 10, 2023
Growers are increasingly challenged to protect the yield and quality of their crops in the face of growing insect resistance to traditional insecticidal products. This comes at a time when the expanding world population demands more and better sources of food and many jurisdictions are placing increased value on eco-friendly farming practices.
August 2, 2023
Vestaron is leading a revolution in crop protection with peptide-based products that combine the safety and sustainability of biologicals with the efficacy of synthetic chemistry. Founded in 2005, the company commercialized in 2020 with the introduction of the SPEAR® bioinsecticide portfolio of products to the US market becoming the first company to register a peptide-based pesticide for crop protection by isolating peptides found in spider venom.