The number of you using biologicals is about the same year-over-year, holding steady at about 50%. But those of you using biologicals sharply increased doing so.
According to the latest State of the Vegetable Industry survey, the number of farms devoting more than half of its operation to organic product is growing.
Not long ago, conventional wisdom said only row crop operations would adopt precision agriculture tools. However, the 2019 State of the Vegetable Industry shows the time of precision agriculture in vegetable production has arrived.
For the past two years, the number of farms reporting extreme events were markedly similar — 41.2% had none in our 2017 survey, with 41% reporting the same in 2018. This year? Only 16.4% of you did not have an extreme event.
We all know labor is the biggest problem most growers deal with. But why is it so tough? You told us in the 2019 State of the Vegetable Industry survey.
We asked you a seemingly easy question: How do your prices compare to 10 years ago? An alarming 44.6% of you have seen either no price increase or, worse, lowered prices.