Equipment
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... more »
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. "Growers like enough rain to keep wells and ponds... more »
Winter Vegetable Acreage Lower, Prices Down
This winter (largely January-March), fresh-market vegetable and melon area for harvest (excluding onions) is expected to decline 3 percent from that of a year earlier, according to USDA's Economic Research Service. Despite lower acreage and... 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 labor outlook in his state, he brings an old bowling ball with him. He tells... more »
Whitehouse Food Center Harvests Vegetables in Winter
The local Center for Innovative Food Technology gave a demonstration of year-round growing techniques yesterday by harvesting vegetables from a "hoop house" structure it constructed at Bittersweet Farms on Archbold-Whitehouse Road in Whitehouse. toledoblade.com more »
Labor Audit a Nightmare Scenario for Farm Market
Abigail Jacobson didn't want to spread doom and gloom, but she had a story to tell about Friday the 13th that would scare the pants off any farm marketer. Jacobson's business, Westview Orchards & Cider... 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 greatest environmental protection and conservation measures in the history of the... more »
Fresh vegetable harvested area down 3 percent from last year
The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh-market vegetables during the winter quarter is forecast at 173,700 acres, down 3 percent from last year. Acreage declined for broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, sweet corn, head... more »
Senate Takes Major Step To Provide Relief To Asparagus Industry
In a close vote, the U.S. Senate defeated an amendment offered by Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., that would have eliminated $15 million in funding for the Asparagus Market Loss Program contained in the Senate Farm... more »
Food Safety, Labor and Fuel Costs Dominate Shipping
The Vegetable Growers News interviewed a handful of experts to get their perspectives on recent trends in vegetable shipping. Labor Everyone agreed the industry needs an adequate legal labor force. The availability and cost of... more »
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