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More Farms, Fewer Acres Among U.S. Ag Trends
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, the number of farms in the United States grew 4 percent from 2002 to 2007, while the number of acres declined. The 2007 Census counted 2,204,792 farms in... more »
Gerber Plans Expansion at Home-town Facility
At a ceremony in December, state and local officials and executives from Gerber Products-Nestlé Nutrition announced plans for Gerber's $75 million investment in its 65-acre baby food production complex in Fremont, Mich. The project creates... more »
Ohio Sweet Corn
McMaster Farms grows and sells 250 acres of fresh sweet corn in Columbiana, Ohio. In addition, McMaster Farms runs about 100 acres of sweet corn from a neighboring farm through its packing shed, which also... more »
Family Farm Gets Boost From Internet Sales
Until February, sisters Susan Bishop and Kathy Oliver sold their organic herbs and produce the old-fashioned way - person-to-person. TBO.com more »
UK Asparagus Grower Extends His Season
Extending the season for fresh asparagus production in the United States would be of great benefit to the industry, from efficiencies of scale all the way to marketing. A United Kingdom grower has been experimenting... more »
Shifting Acreage, Consumer Demand Shape Seed Industry
Consumer-oriented traits like taste, size, shape, texture and color have been reshaping the vegetable seed industry for years, but recent shifts in acreage toward local markets or commodity crops have been at least as influential,... more »
Schafer Announces Purchase of up to 3.6 Million Pounds of Fresh Tomatoes
USDA is purchasing up to 3.6 million pounds of fresh tomatoes with currently available Farm Bill funds. The tomatoes will be donated to child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs. USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service... more »
Advan Announces Strategic Refocusing and Ownership Change
Advan is now a subsidiary of Sipcam Agro USA. The move is part of an ongoing strategic revitalization to focus Advan on meeting the needs of key U.S. distributor customers. The Advan product family, which... more »
New Chemical Registrations
Soil fumigant, fungicide and insecticide receive registrations. MIDAS Florida has granted commercial registration for Arysta LifeScience's MIDAS, a broad-spectrum soil fumigant that controls a broad range of soil-borne diseases, nematodes, weed seeds and insects that... more »
Tomato Growers Fire Back
Saying sales of their crops are still down 30 to 40 percent, Florida tomato growers are lining up congressional support to seek restitution for millions of dollars in losses linked to the nation's salmonella outbreak.... more »
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