Vegetables
Michigan asparagus growers support marketing effort
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced asparagus producers have voted to continue the Michigan Asparagus Industry Development Program.MDARD Director Jamie Clover Adams said the program will continue for an additional five... more »
Greenhouse helps retailer sell local tomatoes year round
A Canadian produce company is helping a Michigan-based grocery chain offer fresh, vine-ripened, local tomatoes year round.Mastronardi Produce, based in Kingsville, Ontario, completed a 30-acre hydroponic greenhouse facility in Coldwater, Mich., in December 2011. That... more »
Michigan asparagus growers eye good price bump
Favorable market conditions are leading to a nickel-a-pound price hike from Michigan's asparagus handlers in 2013, a figure that industry leaders hope will spur more interest among growers and add more acres in order to... more »
Michigan asparagus growers get 2013 prices
Michigan asparagus growers will get 78 cents per pound (cash) from the state's asparagus handlers this year – 79.5 cents per pound with payment terms, according to Ken Nye, executive director of the Michigan Agricultural... more »
Webinar to walk through new tomato agreement
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, will offer a free, interactive webinar on the newly amended Tomato Suspension Agreement at 2 p.m. (Eastern) March 14.Fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico... more »
Brannen resigns from VOC
Wendy Brannen, who served as executive director of the Vidalia Onion Committee (VOC) since July 2005, recently resigned to take a position with the U.S. Apple Association in Washington, D.C. “This has not been a... more »
Food banks a destination for unsold produce
To John Hamilton, donating the excess produce he grows every year to feed the hungry is a "good deal."Hamilton is among dozens of Springfield, Ill., area farmers who participate in "Plant a Row for the... more »
Groups at odds over tomato trade pact
A proposed trade agreement governing imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico to the United States might have averted a U.S.-Mexico "tomato war," as many headlines said in February.But it hasn't stopped what seems to be... more »
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