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Charlie O'Dell says annual berry pruning is made easier with lithium-ion battery powered pruners. Read more
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The 2012 chairman of the United States Potato Board discusses tactics to market spuds. Read more
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Frank Kelsey is president and technical director of Mulberry, FL-based Highland Fresh Technologies. Read more
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Solutions are being sought for weed control methods to help improve methyl bromide alternatives. Read more
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Toby,
I work in the vegetable seed industry and I am not aware of any complete listing of all sweet corn varieties and thier maturity dates. Also, the maturities listed on many varieties can vary depending on where the seed company is located in the US and how they count the days to maturity. Sme
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Most of our fruit trees bloomed more than a month ahead of time. This really hurt the apricots which were in full bloom March 27th when it went down to 26'; lost at least 9/10 of the crop. Peaches were later, fotunately and had about 110% of normal bloom due to the mild winter so we will be thinning…
about 4 weeks ago
They may be gone for now, but I can GUARANTEE you that this administration, and the last couple, has no love for the family farm. They are on the big corporate ag team. Look at Obama's push for Rural Community Governors. Sheesh. Why do we need ANY help from the Feds. The best help they could gi
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