Exploring advanced irrigation strategies: Dissolved oxygen
As young children, we learn plants need water. As we grow older and more experienced as growers, we learn (more…)
Pondering plastic regulations
Griffin Greenhouse Supplies and Tom Marting, the director of sustainable solutions at the HC Companies, recently (more…)
Organic amendments to fight SBCN tested
Strictly speaking, sugar beets are not a specialty crop, but seeing as they are only high produced in a dedicated (more…)
Biochar filtration for irrigation water
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major concerns in human and veterinary medicine today. A variety of (more…)
Safety is needed in agritourism
Agricultural activities can be dangerous if safety is not taken seriously. As the weather becomes nicer, farms will be (more…)
Farmers First: Sacrifice or Nurture?
Hello, farm family!
Last week, a couple farmers were sharing their feelings about spraying (more…)
Sowing sod that might make history
Are you familiar with the Chicago Cubs’ “Curse of the Billy Goat?” If not, here’s a quick summary: (more…)
The vision is to keep growing
GARLAND, NC – Billy Augustine looked around one of the high tunnel grow complexes on his farm in Bladen County (more…)
Hauling heritage beans around Hockeytown
If you see someone pulling a hand wagon in downtown Detroit’s financial district, it might be Kevin Messing of (more…)
Excite customers with experiential marketing
The manner in which people seek for and purchase what they want has forever changed, noted John Kennedy, speaker, (more…)
Building the best agronomic & economic weed management program
The bane of any grower’s work outdoors, from planting to germination to growth to harvest, is weeds. They can be (more…)
Virtual community: Reframing the conversation around social media marketing for local agribusiness
“I’m sure that when you started farming, you were really excited to also become social media managers, right?” Erika (more…)
Successfully growing summer-harvested broccoli
Everything moving forward needs a source of power to do so. For growers raising a variety of vegetables, Ben Phillips (more…)
Using ChatGPT in farm marketing
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t a new concept, but it’s getting more advanced every day. As AI gains popularity, more education (more…)
Integrated weed management another salient source of control
Most growers are familiar with the term IPM (short for integrated pest management). While it is crucial, pests (more…)
