April 2008
- Drought in Southeast has some Pluses for Vegetable Growers The prolonged drought in the southeastern United States has had only a moderate impact on vegetable growers, who normally rely on irrigation to water their crops.
- Grower fills seasonal need for chipping potatoes Florida potato production is counter-cyclical. While growers in other states are looking at snow-covered fields, tinkering with their equipment and watching their storage sheds get lower and lower, growers in Florida are planting a winter crop.
- Growers can now Weigh in on Proposed H-2A Rule Changes Fred Leitz, a Michigan farmer and treasurer of the National Council of Agricultural Employers, is concerned about proposed changes to the H-2A labor program.
- Horticulture History Book Hits Really Close to Home
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