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Taste, Tolerance Remain Popular Trends For Vegetable Industry
Eating quality, disease resistance and shelf life are the three key talking points in the vegetable seed industry right now, according to industry insiders. However, there are other characteristics seed officials are excited about. Each... more »
Prices Driving Higher For Transporting Fruits, Vegetables
Like many industries, the produce and fresh-cut business has been hit hard lately by rising transportation costs and truck and driver shortages. Industry insiders weren't clear about the impact higher costs and fewer trucks would... more »
New Michigan Vegetable Council President Optimistic
Kent Karnemaat was just a lad in grade school when his father, Al, decided he'd worked for other farmers long enough and bought his own farm. Now, 30 years later, that farm has become one... more »
Straw ‘Tractor’ Hauls in Customers
Gro-Moore Farms claims to have the largest John Deere in North America. It's about 18 feet tall and 30 feet long. An "unbelievable" number of people have taken pictures of it. There's one drawback, however.... more »
Shipping by UPS Can Solve Distribution Problems
Regarding your question this month, I believe direct marketing has the widest application for farmers to increase value of their crop. Here in New Hampshire, farmers' markets are booming (29 in 2001, 54 in 2005),... more »
Sweet Corn Farm Last To Grow Zellwood Variety
For years, Zellwood was the sweet corn capital of Florida, but now there's only one grower left. Long & Scott Farms has been the sole grower of Zellwood sweet corn since 1998, when the state... more »
Texas Produce Industry Small But Vital
Texans are proud of their history. A stroll through the well-lit, well-kept Capitol building in Austin was enough to convince me of that. I might have been even more impressed by The Alamo, that most... more »
Royal Visit Generates Huge Publicity for English Farm
When it comes to generating publicity, the United Kingdom has one advantage the United States can't match: royalty. It would be unthinkable for the United States, which considers itself a meritocracy, to produce a genuine... more »
Family Grows ‘Best Lettuce in Central Texas’
Susan Staub grows the best lettuce in central Texas, and she's not shy about saying so. "Our lettuce is superior to any other bib lettuce out there," she said. "People just flip over the color."... more »
Immigration Concerns Are As American As Apple Pie
Spring is just around the corner, which means one thing to a farmer. It's time to revisit our fields and orchards in preparation for the growing season ahead. For fruit and vegetable growers, however, spring... more »
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