Prior to the annual Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, the Young Grower Alliance hosted a pruning workshop at the Penn State Fruit Research (more…)

If you’ve ever wanted to feel a tiny bit like Dr. Victor Frankenstein, and you grow plants for a living, you could try your hand at grafting. (more…)

In addition to being a vegetable farmer, Trevor Hardy is an irrigation expert. During the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, Hardy shared his (more…)

Even when you’re in the greenhouse, the barn or the field, there’s a very good chance your phone is on your person. With constant communication necessary (more…)

While many regions of the country have been dealing with prolonged arid conditions, courtesy of La Nina, others have been dealing with excess moisture. (more…)

Risk management sounds hopeful, doesn’t it? It means taking steps now to avoid downfalls in the future. On farming operations, it can mean the difference (more…)

Farms have their fair share of challenges finding and keeping good employees. Is it due to an industry-wide shortage, a lack of employees who are (more…)

The focus of a Wild Farm Alliance webinar was making the most of birds’ diet and foraging strategies. Sage advice came from Wendell Gilgert, director (more…)

In tree fruit production, the go-to method for delivery of pesticides is via air blast, (more…)

Whenever I think about potatoes, I am instantly transported back to the little town of Augher (more…)

In business, as in life, we have been conditioned to attend to major or life-changing events (more…)

Every year, states across the country organize events to celebrate agricultural literacy, either through Agriculture in the Classroom (more…)

At the recent annual meeting of the National Association of Conservation Districts in New Orleans, keynote speakers (more…)