Crop Management
Local Farm Plants Thousands of Heads of Garlic Every Autumn
Papery white garlic skins and golden walnut leaves swirl across the rich black soil on Henry Brockman's Woodford County farm. pjstar.com more »
Cattle Vaccine Reduces E. coli O157, Approved in Canada
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a Canadian biopharmaceutical company, announced Oct. 27 that Econiche, the world's first vaccine designed to reduce the shedding by cattle of Escherichia coli O157:H7, has received full licensing approval from the... more »
Chateau herbicide registered
Through a series of new registrations and expanded label updates, more growers across a variety of specialty crops will be able to use Chateau herbicide to control their tough weeds next season. Valent U.S.A. Corporation's... more »
Containment System is Totally Tubular for Organic Growers
When drought, weeds and contaminated topsoil conspired to kill Tom Buehrle's wildflower garden, he came up with an idea he thinks has the potential to revolutionize the organic vegetable industry. It started with a piece... more »
Specialty Crops get Short Shrift in Weed Control
If herbicides were a meal, the major commodity crops – corn, soybeans, rice, wheat, cotton – would be enjoying a gourmet feast, while fruits, vegetables, nuts and ornamentals would be lucky to get the scraps... more »
Ohio Tour Highlights Buurma Family Vegetable Farm
A few weeks ago, I took part in the North American Strawberry Growers Association's (NASGA) summer tour in Ohio. Bus tours might be the best way to explore a state's rural countryside and see how... more »
Durivo Registered
EPA has registered Syngenta Crop Protection's Durivo insecticide for use in vegetable crops, including leafy and fruiting vegetables, brassicas and cucurbits. State registrations or specific crop and/or pest uses may still be pending in certain... more »
Compensation Sought for Tomato Growers Devastated by Salmonella Scare
In 25 years of growing tomatoes, Greg Murray's Bainbridge farm weathered floods, hailstorms, freezes, droughts, poor yields, poor markets, diseases and insect infestations. McClatchy more »
Luna Circle Farm Keeps its Owner Busy
On the road toward a master's degree in accounting, Tricia Bross took a detour and arrived at a somewhat different destination. Now a grower and marketer of organic vegetables and herbs from her small Wisconsin... more »
Multistate Tomato Grafting Project has Potential for Growers
Grafting has a lot of potential for tomato growers, especially organic growers and those who use high tunnels. That potential is the impetus behind a complex, multi-state grafting project led by Ohio State University. According... more »
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