Agritourism is a large sector of industry throughout the U.S., and it’s a way for farmers to showcase their hard work to the public. While opening up a farm to a large audience can be a great way to promote (more…)
While much of the rest of the United States is dealing with dryness and drought that has come unexpectedly, in California and a lot of the American West the troubles are nothing new. To help put it all (more…)
For many rural and suburban youth, working on a farm is their first paid employment.
Attorney Michael Harrington, Ford Harrison Law, said farms hiring teen workers (more…)
Maintaining a thriving crop is every grower’s top concern. According to Dr. Daniel Carr, an associate professor at UC-Davis, near the top of the list is whether or not birds are bringing foodborne diseases (more…)
It isn’t just the little guys who can take a bite out of your fruit yield. Orchard growers are attuned to the lifecycles of the insects (more…)
What do we mean by “soil health” and how can we pursue that goal? When I was pursuing my degrees in the Vegetable Crops Department at Cornell (more…)
Marketing plans are structured to target special audiences for the best profit potential. Both internal and external situations, however, have the influence or power (more…)
by Aliya Hall
For owner and farmer Leslie Wiser, Radical Family Farms has been a way for her and her children to connect with their cultural heritage. As a first-generation multiracial person of Chinese-Taiwanese, German (more…)
by Sally Colby
Purchasing trees, plants and landscape materials is a personal experience, and most consumers devote a significant amount of time prior to making buying decisions (especially for big dollar items). Delivering (more…)
by Sally Colby
Long-time cut flower expert Dave Dowling said, “You aren’t going to make any money growing cut flowers – you make money selling cut flowers.” (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
The growing and harvesting season for farmers can only be extended so far. The entertainment season, however, can be year-round for those who are investing in agritourism ventures (more…)
by Sally Colby
Ann Miller, Extension educator with Penn State Extension’s Energy, Business and Community Vitality Unit, said input costs have gone up for everyone and consumers are behaving differently. (more…)
by Sally Colby
Women are important players in agriculture, and often perform tasks that require personal protective equipment (PPE). However, most PPE is sized for men, which means women are often (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
If you haven’t had labor issues in the past 24 months, you will, but a lot of autonomous equipment is coming down the pike for smaller farms, not just those with thousands of acres. That’s according (more…)
by Jessica Bern
There are many tools to help manage the birds that can damage a farmer’s crops. With help from Dr. Page Klug, a research wildlife biologist with the USDA National Wildlife Research Center, and (more…)
