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Growers Share Space, Ideas at Greenhouse
You're a farmer in an urban area. You grow produce on a small plot of land – a few acres at the most – and would love to start your transp... READ MORE »
Emperor of Mirth Keeps the Fun Coming
Bill Bakan takes fun so seriously at Maize Valley Market & Winery that he refers to himself as the Fun Czar.
Besides being serious abo... READ MORE »
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 wa... READ MORE »
Montana Market is Growing Into a Popular Destination
Greg Johnson went to New Zealand for six weeks back in 2006. In between all the golfing, fishing, talking and wandering around he did, he managed to p... READ MORE »
Labor Outlook is Uncertain as Usual This Time of Year
Whenever Howard Rosenberg, a Cooperative Extension specialist with the University of California (UC), Berkeley, gives a talk about the agricultural la... READ MORE »
Earworm Becoming a Legitimate Threat for Sweet Corn Growers
The image of corn earworms floating on the winds is a bit tough to handle, but, of course, it's not the worms themselves that float. It's the moths th... READ MORE »
Great Lakes Water Compact Still Spurs Controversy
Michigan – along with the other seven states and two Canadian provinces in the Great Lakes Basin – is either undertaking one of the greate... READ MORE »
Michigan Green Bean Broker a Vegetable Industry Leader
You've heard about people who don't know beans. Vic Shank is not one of those. Not only is he the president of the Michigan Vegetable Council, a leade... READ MORE »
Extension Losing a Personal Touch in Pennsylvania
This is the seventh story in a series about the future of Extension. The image of the county Extension agent riding in a pickup all day, visiting loca... READ MORE »
Budget Problems Put Growers in Danger of Losing Valuable Ag Stats
When vegetable and fruit growers get those government survey forms in the mail, they can be torn about whether to fill them out or toss them into the ... READ MORE »
