Pumpkins/Squash
E-Verify contributes to labor shortages across the country
Congress hadn't passed mandatory E-Verify as of late October, but the threat that it might do so lingered over the country's fields and orchards for much of 2011. Just the rumor of E-Verify was enough... more »
Buy-local movement continues to influence seed sales
When talking about trends from the past year, seed company representatives couldn't help bringing up the buy-local movement and its impact on small growers."As an agronomist and life-long veteran grower, I continue to remain optimistic... more »
Vegetable growers have a lot to learn at the 2011 EXPO
Vegetable growers have a lot to learn at the 2011 EXPOThis year's Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO will offer a variety of educational sessions and special events. There should be something of... more »
Pumpkin to raise money for cancer research
Outstanding Seed Co., Monaca, Pa., has a new, large, disease-resistant pink pumpkin available named Rascal PMRR. It has homozygous resistance to powdery mildew and heterozygous resistance to WMV and phythophthora.Rascal PMRR was bred specifically to... more »
North East grower has bumper crop of pumpkins
Orton's Fruit Market, at Route 89 and Interstate 90 in North East, grows a little bit of everything. The market is open year-round. Seasonal produce runs from cool-weather peas and broccoli right through its main... more »
Fall-tillage tips for vegetables
Decisions about how and whether to till vegetable fields in the fall are complex and depend on balancing soil, nutrient, pest and economic considerations. Fall tillage is helpful for managing many pests of vegetables and... more »
Arizona farm reinvents to stay successful
When you think of Arizona, you don't immediately think of fruit and vegetable farming. That is probably part of what has made Schnepf's Farms in Queen Creek, Ariz., successful, according to Mark and Carrie Schnepf.... more »
Farmers weather losses to rainfall
Pumpkins lie in soggy patches on the Durr Farm, ripe with white mold or already rotting from the bottoms.Fields of giant golden sunflowers that once stood tall and swayed gently on the Chesterfield farm now... more »
