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Michigan asparagus producers vote on keeping development program
Michigan asparagus producers will have an opportunity to vote on whether to continue the Michigan Asparagus Industry Development Program in a referend... READ MORE »
Michigan asparagus industry bumps price for processors
Michigan asparagus growers will ask processors for a modest price increase in 2018. Growers, researchers and industry officials gathered for Aspara... READ MORE »
$1.5M awarded for Michigan specialty crops projects
[caption id="attachment_13125" align="alignright" width="242"] MDARD Director Jamie Clover Adams[/caption] The Michigan Department of Agriculture a... READ MORE »
US asparagus crop down slightly, but up in Michigan
The 2017 U.S. asparagus crop is down just 1 percent from last year, but up in Michigan according to numbers released this week by the USDA. In 2017... READ MORE »
Asparagus variety options grow beyond Millennium
At an Oceana Research Tour stop at the Michigan Asparagus Industry Research Farm in Hart, Michigan, John Bakker, executive director, Michigan Asparagu... READ MORE »
Asparagus Variety Options Growing
https://youtu.be/8_416FPunSc John Bakker, executive director, Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board, discusses the potential for emerging asparagus var... READ MORE »
Michigan ag department names specialty crop grant awardees
Michigan recipients of the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program have been named by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MD... READ MORE »
Michigan asparagus growers see prices dip
Michigan asparagus growers will receive a lower price for processed asparagus than they have seen for the two previous years. The state’s handlers ... READ MORE »
Asparagus prospects looking good for Michigan, March 2013
The market outlook for Michigan and U.S. asparagus is strong, and producers are in position to capitalize on crop production shifts in Mexico and Peru... READ MORE »
Asparagus growers need workers, eVGN May 2013
Michigan's asparagus growers continue to grapple with labor shortages this year."Growers are really challenged to have a reliable labor force," said K... READ MORE »
