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Morel madness: Slim pickings this year
BIG PRAIRIE, Ohio — During a normal Ohio spring, morels begin to pop up around the third week of April. They peak around Mother’s Day. However, 2012 has not been a typical year. The combination of a unusually warm winter, a hot dry spring, followed by cold weather made for slim pickings of the coveted
‘Fruitbots’ could save growers money, create high-tech jobs
WENATCHEE, Wash. — Advancements in the mechanization of farm equipment are reducing labor costs, increasing efficiency and improving profits for area growers of specialty crops. Specialty crops (fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, including Washington’s largest crops, apples, grapes and potatoes) make up a $45 billion per year industry characterized by the need for intensive cultivation. But
Summer lounging, picnics in 1940
They don’t make picnics like they used to, says columnist Roy Booth.
Conference combines fruit, vegetable growers, marketers, Christmas trees
The Christmas Tree Association’s winter meeting is a major new addition to the conference.
Recycled manure solids for cow bedding can deliver with management
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Stall bedding materials for cows have become increasingly expensive and difficult to find. This situation has prompted many dairy producers to search for more feasible alternatives, such as sand and recycled manure solids.
Study finds that larger dairy farms tend to have better milk quality
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s larger dairy operations tended to fare better than the state’s small farms in a University of Wisconsin-Madison study of milk quality, although all of the state’s farms — both large and small — produced milk that easily met federal food safety guidelines.
Sundays were a time to slow down
During Judith Sutherland’s youth, nothing — absolutely no business of any kind — was open on Sunday.
Pa. farmer sues government for $8.1 million
Robert Brace has faced fines from the government for 30 years, and now he’s filing his own lawsuit.
Who eats (or comes up with) this stuff?
When it comes to dreaming up brave, new food flavors, just because you can does not mean that you should.
Enduring one catastrophe after another
Part five: Things got even worse, before they got better.
