With 2017 right around the corner, let’s take a look back at the top five stories that caught our readers’ eyes in 2016. – Top 5 Most-Read Stories 1. Fruit Trees in the High Desert As interest in heirlooms and organic growing methods expands, Gordon Tooley and Margaret Yancey of Tooley’s Trees in Truchas, New Mexico, may have … Read more
Corn is one of the world’s major food crops, and with over 90 million acres of corn growing in almost every state, the United States is the world’s largest producer and exporter. – Push-Pull Method Yet, like so many important crops, corn has its nemesis: the stem borer moth. This pest devastates corn in stages. First … Read more
Want to keep up with the latest news for growers? Check back every Thursday for a quick recap of recent happenings in the fruit and vegetable industry. – Change in Corn Market Featured photo: (Pictured from Left to Right): Canada Sales Manager, Louis Damm; Chairman Kurt Dramm: CEO, Hans Dramm; and Executive Vice President, Kurt Becker The … Read more
Growers supplying cold-hardy nursery stock to tree fruit, nut, berry and grape growers, or cultivating cold-hardy perennial vegetables such as asparagus and rhubarb, share many of the concerns of their farming customers. But due to the nature of their business, they also have situations that differ from those faced by the farmer growing these plants … Read more
In his labor session, “What the Election May Mean for Ag Employers,” Frank Gasperini, Jr. executive vice president of the National Council for Agricultural Employers (NCAE), gave growers in the standing-room only ballroom a glimpse of what life might be like under a Donald Trump administration. The session was part of The Great Lakes Expo/Fruit, … Read more