Equipment
Labor Contractor Accuses Grower Of Hiring Illegals
A farm-labor contractor is suing a grower in California for breach of contract. Though it sounds fairly straightforward, the case could be the opening of a new front in the ongoing war over illegal immigration.... more »
Little Farmer Learns To Survive In Big World
In many ways, Matt Roloff is your average farmer. He's 44. He owns Roloff Farms, a u-pick peach and pumpkin farm near Portland, Ore. He has a wife, Amy, and four kids: Jeremy, Zach, Molly... more »
Growers, Customers Cautious As Spinach Returns To Stores
Spinach growers, processors and industry groups are working to restore public trust and get their product back on store shelves. The source of an outbreak was narrowed to three California counties Sept. 21, but growers... more »
New York Grower Harvests 1,300 Acres of Sweet Corn Annually
If you'd like to eat fresh sweet corn on the cob every week of the year, you'll want to know the Gill family from Hurley, N.Y. They can fix you up. Not only do the... more »
Custom Harvester Aids Carrot Farmer
Glenn Vogel's carrot harvester is the only one of its kind. On a good field with plenty of trucks, it can cover 18 to 20 acres per day, pumping out a 22-ton load of carrots... more »
Penn State Taps Into School Pride With Blue and White Potato Chips
For years, William Lamont, vegetable crops professor at Penn State University (PSU), visualized a line of potato chips sporting the university's colors. Utz Quality Foods in Hanover, Pa., has wanted to partner with Penn State... more »
Funding Cutbacks Force North Carolina Extension To Be Creative
This is the third story in a series about the future of Extension. Mary Helen Ferguson just got a job as a county agent with North Carolina Cooperative Extension. It's the first step in her... more »
Sweet Corn Charlie: Season Extension Is Strategy For Success
If you can have sweet corn by the Fourth of July in northern Indiana, you'll grab customers and, if the corn's good enough, you'll keep them for the entire season. That doesn't mean knee-high corn... more »
Researchers Expect Downy Mildew Pressure In 2007
Cucurbit growers – especially cucumber growers aiming for either fresh market or pickling – should plan now to implement a full fungicide spray schedule this year and assume that the downy mildew epidemic of the... more »
Hydroponic lettuce wins customers’ hearts
People's desire for tender, baby lettuce shows up in the price tag. A small head of Boston butter or Bibb commands $3 or so while bigger heads of iceberg are selling for $1 in the... more »
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