Vegetables

The Illinois Department of Agriculture will distribute more than $796,000 over the next three years to expand access to fresh, locally grown produce and strengthen the state's specialty crop sector, officials said. An application will be available this week on the IDOA website and must be returne...

Wet, warm conditions in Michigan through April pushed some crop development ahead of schedule before a cooler trough in the jet stream arrived this week, slowing growth in many regions. MSU is pointing growers to current forecasts from Jeff Andresen and has Enviroweather app launched

Joe Petrocco, a fourth-generation vegetable grower in Brighton, Colorado, says the spring planting season comes with mixed pressure: soaring input costs and a welcome drop in labor expenses. Federal changes to the H-2A temporary farmworker wage calculation will reduce pay in many places by a thir...