Country Folks Grower is a business to business publication offering coast to coast coverage through three regional editions.
Each monthly issue covers all facets of growing and marketing fresh market and ornamental crops.
Science enlightening agriculture: Helping growers improve crops with UV light
by Nicholas P. Skinner, John D. Bullough and Mark S. Rea, Lighting Research Center, RPI
Numerous crops are impacted by powdery and downy mildew, fungi that have had large impacts on growth and pest management by growers throughout the country. Powdery mildew is estimated to account for nearly three-quarters of total pesticide applications by grape growers in California, costing 3% to 7% of total gross production value. […]
Art from nature
As he’s meeting with clients, Scott Rosenbaum has found that asking certain questions during the planning stages helps him determine what the client has in mind.
Photo courtesy of Rosenbaum’s Landscaping
by Sally Colby
Not every young man knows exactly what he wants to do before he finishes high school, but Scott Rosenbaum did. […]
Pride in diversification
Kah Nursery is open year-round, but business is relatively slow in winter. During the six-week period between Jan. 1 and mid-February, DeAnna takes time to regroup and review the previous year and prepare for spring.
Photo courtesy of Kah Nursery
by Sally Colby
Customers who visit Kah Nursery are pleasantly surprised to see eye-catching displays of nearly every […]
Practicing sustainability and regenerative farming
With COVID-19, Pollinate Flowers was able to expand their dry flower program, which helps them utilize more of their plants and extend their season. “It’s part of using all the stuff we’re growing,” John Peterson said.
Photo by Aliya Hall
by Aliya Hall
When John Peterson and Jeremi Carroll first moved to Newberg, OR, in 2012 to grow their farming […]
Winter weather won’t stop Sheyenne Gardens
Sheyenne Gardens’ founder Neal Holland (L) and current owner Adam Volz. The team at the nursery begins seeding in January, prepping early for their season.
Photo courtesy of Sheyenne Gardens
by Courtney Llewellyn
What does a nursery and garden center do all winter? Work.
That’s what they do at Sheyenne Gardens in Harwood, ND. […]
Building tools for tech-savvy farmers
The majority of the surveyed farmers did not use weather-based crop or pest management tools, but most were interested in using them. These researchers are counting the number of wild blueberry flowers per stem.
Photo courtesy of UMaine Extension
by Catie Joyce-Bulay
“I just continually bring myself into the farmer’s shoes,” said Dr. Lily Calderwood, UMaine Cooperative Extension wild blueberry specialist.
