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by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
“All cities, suburbs and rural towns have Norway rats and house mice,” said Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, coordinator of community integrated pest management for Cornell, who recently presented a talk on rodent management as part of a webinar on IPM. (more…)
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
First introduced in 2011, spotted wing drosophila has been affecting cherry harvests. Cornell researchers studied the impact on tart and sweet cherry crops in New York State and estimated a 2% loss. (more…)
Keeping the proper elevation in the tubing can help keep sap flowing.
Photo courtesy of Keith Otto, Extension support specialist
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
If you want to expand your farm’s maple production, going with tubing rather than collection buckets can make the entire system work more smoothly. (more…)
Bottling juice has become so profitable to Red Jacket Orchards that the farm scaled back its farmers markets presence to focus on juice, sold in venues from Maine to Texas.
Photo by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Founding a successful agriculture/culinary business relies on an owner’s ability to tweak the business to the times. (more…)
Emma Johnson demonstrates how using an iodine solution on the white flesh of apples can help indicate ripeness.
Photo courtesy of Practical Farmers of Iowa
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Knowing if your apple crop is ripe is very important for your farm’s profits. That’s certainly true at Buffalo Ridge Orchard, (more…)
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
If you want to increase your farm’s business, it helps to tell its story. Doing so attracts more customers and possible strategic business partners – and that was the subject discussed by a panel at the recent Alfresco FLX, “Telling Your Story.” (more…)
Harvesting apples is labor intensive, even when using good equipment.
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Many fruit farm owners inherit a family farm as their entry into the business after working on the farm for years and perhaps attending an ag school. Others purchase a farm they’ve worked on for many years. (more…)
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Community supported agriculture (CSA) programs have become another means for producers to bring income to the farm as well as lock in markets and a revenue stream. Garrett Ziegler, MSU Extension Community Food Systems Educator, recently spoke on the topic as part of the MSU Extension Beginning Farmer webinar series. (more…)
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Your smartphone is with you all the time, but you likely ignore one of its functions that could really benefit your farm: recording videos. That’s why MidAtlantic Women In Agriculture presented “Smart Phone Movies,” led by Michele Walfred, communications specialist with University of Delaware. (more…)
by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
Food hubs can provide producers with a means of moving more produce. Mariel Borgman, MSU Extension community food systems educator, recently presented “Food Hubs: A Distribution Solution.” (more…)
