Asparagus
Public health concerns spur produce-market growth
Sam Shina's family owns 14 small grocery stores in Detroit. One of them could soon be part of a market incentive experiment designed to improve public health, expand sales for Michigan farmers and grow local... more »
U.K. grower creates asparagus market
If John Chinn has his way, he'll be supplying the United Kingdom with asparagus from February to November - with the help of Haygrove Tunnels.Already, he's bringing in double the wholesale price for asparagus he... more »
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 »
Occasional light tillage may benefit asparagus fields
Michigan's asparagus industry began experimenting with the no-till system of production in the 1970s and since that time the system has been nearly universally adopted by our state's growers. There is a very sound theory... 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 »
Haygrove Brit Tour: Day 2
Day two our our tour finds us at Cobrey Farms, the UK's largest asparagus operation. Grower John Chinn estimates that his farm grows 27 percent of the UK's asparagus crop, with 1,000 acres in the... more »
Haygrove Brit Tour: Day 1
The first official day of our tour took us to Ledbury, the location of Haygrove's headquarters. Crops grown on the site include strawberries, cherries, raspberries and blackberries. All of Haygrove's production is under high tunnels.... more »
Mechanization, imports might solve worker problem
The value of California's fruit, nut and vegetable crops was $20 billion in 2009, almost 60 percent of the state's farm sales of $35 billion. California dominates U.S. production of these crops and currently accounts... more »
Consider fall weed control on perennial crops
Fall application of residual herbicides is an effective method of use where the label allows it. Fall application is most effective on established perennial crops, such as tree fruit and small fruit. It may be... more »
Greenhouse transplants for asparagus production
Asparagus production in the U.S. was valued at over $90 million in 2010. Although almost every state produces some fresh market asparagus, California, Michigan, and Washington dominate large-scale commercial production of both fresh and processed... more »
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