By Ron Smith, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The United States produce industry, the entire food production system, in fact, can look for increased emphasis on food safety from the Food and Drug Administration and the USDA with a focus on handlers....
By Brad Haire, University of Georgia
A recent University of Georgia report shows Georgia farmers will need 20 percent more water to grow their crops in the next four decades. ...
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Managing labor, keeping production costs in line and finding reliable markets are all major challenges for North Carolina sweet potato growers. ...
The Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center (AREC) will hold its late-season field crops tour during the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 15. ...
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture wants the state’s organic food producers, processors and handlers to take advantage of cost share assistance to help pay for organic certification before federal funding ends on Sept. 29....
The Betts brothers of Harnett County, N.C., grew up raising tobacco and, in 1991, assumed management of their father’s farm. ...
By Roy Roberson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Putting growers and end-users closer together has been the cumulative effect of a multi-phase marketing program initiated by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. ...
Thomas DuRant of Gable, S.C., has developed a remarkable farming record. ...
The first forecast of Georgia's row crops for 2009 indicate yields will be up for cotton, corn and soybeans. ...
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
According to the 2007 Census of Agriculture from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, 26 percent of farms growing vegetables and melons — nearly 18,000 farms — marketed and sold their products directly to consumers....
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