California customers said they felt safer coming to Underwood Family Farms for food essentials than being enclosed in traditional grocery stores.
Photo courtesy of Underwood Family Farms
by Courtney Llewellyn
Autumn can be the busiest visitor season for many farms which highlight pumpkin patches, corn mazes, (more…)
Although Yosef Camire understood the basics of plants from his experience as the owner of a landscaping company, he realized he needed a lot more information before digging in.
Photo courtesy of Ahavah Farm
by Sally Colby
Coloradan Yosef Camire knew he had a lot to learn when he moved his family from Denver to Peyton (more…)
Chal Landgren is a professor of forest engineering, resources and management at Oregon State University.
Photo courtesy of OSU
by Enrico Villamaino
In 2012, Oregon produced nearly 7.5 million Christmas trees. Since then, it’s been the nation’s top grower of Christmas trees, (more…)
Candy and Kevin Longnecker of Long Neck Pumpkin Farm in Colorado Springs, CO.
Photo courtesy of Long Neck Pumpkin Farm
by Gail March Yerke
It’s that time of year again. Pumpkin farms are gearing up for their big season and getting ready to welcome families, (more…)
Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm is uniquely suited to the challenges of the day, as it provides people a chance to be outdoors and get some exercise while still maintaining social distancing.
Photo courtesy of Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm
by Enrico Villamaino
While the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on the normal routines of farms across the country, (more…)
Evidence of a root mealybug infestation.
Photo courtesy of Juan Manuel Alvarez, University of Idaho, Bugwood.org
by Courtney Llewellyn
In the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War, Admiral David Farragut uttered the phrase “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” (more…)
by Sally Colby
There’s plenty of confusion surrounding employers’ obligations in relation to government programs and laws surrounding COVID-19. (more…)
There are three types of whitefly, but Biotype Q is the largest threat in the U.S.
Photo courtesy of W. Billen, Pflanzenbeschaustelle, Weil am Rhein, Bugwood.org
by Courtney Llewellyn
Farmers constantly have to be on the lookout for the next worst thing so they can still work toward raising successful crops. (more…)
by Katie Navarra
Female farmers face unique production challenges – one of which is that tools aren’t designed for their bodies. (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
Haunted hayrides and after-dark corn mazes can be big draws to farms late in the season, but in a year when sales and visits to public attractions have been anything but normal, how can agritourism sites prepare – or even open? (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
Online horticulture sales were already increasing at the beginning of 2020, as today, consumers can have basically anything they purchase online shipped directly to their doors. (more…)
Sometimes it seems as if growers are fighting the same crop issues, year after year, perhaps opting for new disease-resistant cultivars to try to get ahead of the problem. (more…)
