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.
Teaching through texting
What’s the most effective way to communicate with your farmworkers? Is it early morning meetings? Flyers posted in a break room? Videos that take valuable work time […]
Strep Resistant Fire Blight Updates
Fire blight’s causal agent, the bacterium Erwinia amylora, has shown resistance to […]
Great Scott, it’s grape berry moth
Per a very educational poster presentation at the last Great Lakes Expo, grape berry moth (GBM) […]
Thoughts on Agricultural Plastics
I believe that the early researchers, Extension and industry personnel and growers involved with plastics […]
Choice Marketing Considerations
Perhaps you have been invited to market your product through a specifically orientated program […]
Public support for agritourism growing, slowly
In a decade-long look, from 2007 to 2017, researchers at Penn State found more and more farmers are participating in agritourism – but overall, fewer […]
Focusing on season extension
After several career changes, Christine and Seth Terramane started farming together about 10 years ago.
Prior to working together, Seth realized […]
Life lessons for lavender growers
If you’re going to farm lavender, what is your end goal? This was the central question Wendy Jochems, co-owner of Hope Hill Lavender Farm in Pottsville, […]
Opening a farm store with a farmer veteran grant
In 2019, the Pennsylvania Agricultural Business Development Center (ABDC) was created by the commonwealth’s legislature. The ABDC’s goal […]
Easing the ouch in repetitive farm work
The most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the agricultural sector is still the most dangerous in America, so you may sometimes […]
Managing physical challenges in the ag workplace
Agriculture is a way of life – your life. You love what you do and you want to continue for years to come. You started farming when you were younger, […]
Succeeding at recordkeeping
Running a successful farm is hard work. But what many people don’t realize is that a lot of the work required to keep a farm running smoothly […]
