Crop Management
Vertiberry chooses Sollum’s CEA technology
Vertiberry, an indoor strawberry farming operation, has chosen Sollum's LED lighting solution for its new facility in Québec. Expected to be operational by December, the indoor/TCEA facility will serve as a test bed for Vertiberry’s... more »
AgTech partnership to help with irrigation
Almanac, an agricultural tech provider, is partnering with another tech company to advance precision irrigation for growers globally. Almanac's partnership with WiseConn is designed to integrate smart irrigation solutions into Almanac's platform to help optimize... more »
Investing in plant health: Plant hardiness good for grower bottom lines
Plant health in its simplest terms, integrated pest management (IPM), is a decision-making process that combines tools and strategies to identify and manage pests. Integrated plant health management (IPHM) takes things a step further, emphasizing... more »
UGA trials examine variety performance to help improve watermelons
With consumers going from seeded to seedless watermelons and desiring darker rinds and smaller size melons, breeders are upping their game and producing better varieties that aren’t seeded, too big or light- skinned and possess... more »
Editor’s Letter: Praising the lowly cucumber
The December 2024 issue of Vegetable Growers News focuses on the upcoming Great Lakes EXPO, Hartung Brothers, volunteer potatoes and cucumbers. It’s amazing how much one can do with a cucumber. USAToday reports TikTok is... more »
Hartung Brothers’ is a cucumber powerhouse that has been farming vegetables for 50 years
Marking its 50th year, Hartung Brothers has become a successful grower and shipper of pickling cucumbers through effective practices in disease and pest management, harvest equipment efficiencies and valuing its workers’ ideas. [caption id="attachment_36650" align="alignright"... more »
Michigan winters are not cold enough to reduce risk of volunteer potatoes
Potatoes are an important crop to Michigan’s economy so it might come as a surprise to some that not all potatoes are desirable. Volunteer potatoes are a unique type of weed: they are potatoes left... more »
Improving soil health focus of Organic Grower Summit session
Regenerative agriculture practices align with organic standards, emphasizing climate-friendly practices and soil health. In 1985, a decade or so after he started farming, Scott Park realized something had to change. “We started realizing that our... more »
Current Issue
Editor’s letter: Praising the lowly cucumber
Talking tech: New app innovations aid growers
From farm to can: Pacific Coast Producers
Cucumber powerhouse: Hartung Brothers
GLEXPO preview: Maximizing crop yield
Veg Connections: Volunteer potatoes
Farm Market & Agritourism: Choosing the right market channel
Ag Labor Review: More heavy lifting needed
Business: Improving the odds: Strategies to enact a successful succession plan
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