Less chestnut weevils, more quality chestnuts
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Less chestnut weevils, more quality chestnuts
Courtney Llewellyn 
Posted on July 1, 2025
Per reports from Chestnut Hill Nursery in Florida, chestnuts can make growers a tidy little profit. They report wholesale prices for large, high-quality chestnuts range from $3 to $5/lb. (and higher for organically grown chestnuts). Retail prices can range from $3 to $10/lb. However, just like any o...
Retirement planning for Millennial farmers
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Retirement planning for Millennial farmers
Kelsi Devolve 
Posted on July 1, 2025
It is never too early to start planning for retirement, especially for Millennial farmers who have some success under their belts in the industry but still have plenty of years until retirement approaches. Michael Robertson, NY FarmNet farm business specialist, gave tips for retirement planning to M...
Picking pears that can fight fire blight
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Picking pears that can fight fire blight
Courtney Llewellyn 
Posted on July 1, 2025
Pondering planting pear trees for a profit? You should know all cultivars are not created equal – at least when it comes to fire blight resistance. Emma T. Alstott, Suzanne M. Slack and Xiaochen Yuan, researchers from Iowa State, have been studying the fire blight susceptibility of European ( Pyrus ...
Adhering to the WPS
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Adhering to the WPS
Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
Posted on July 1, 2025
“The three main tenets of the Worker Protection Standard [WPS] are informing folks about pesticide safety, protecting individuals from potential pesticide exposure and mitigation,” said David Huber at a Vermont Vegetable & Berry Growers Association meeting. Huber is the deputy director of the Public...
Farmers work to create a clear picture of their businesses
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Farmers work to create a clear picture of their businesses
jkarkwren 
Posted on July 1, 2025
Often on farms, we get so busy in the day-to-day management we don’t get the time to step back and evaluate our operations from a 30,000-foot view. As the calendar turns the page on summer, I encouraged many of my farmer clients to prioritize the time to zoom out and look at their big picture. Fundi...
Creating efficiencies always creates rewards
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Creating efficiencies always creates rewards
Courtney Llewellyn 
Posted on July 1, 2025
In stating the obvious, a group of Extension educators noted, “We’re in a changing environment – the Midwest and the Northeast are getting more precipitation in winter and spring but hotter and drier summers.” That’s why irrigation management and efficiency especially are so important as the hot sum...
Sweet berries, short season: Connecticut’s strawberry growers face growing challenges
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Sweet berries, short season: Connecticut’s strawberry growers face growing challenges
jkarkwren 
Posted on May 30, 2025
Each summer, Connecticut comes alive with rows of strawberries ripe for picking, and families wander fields throughout the state with baskets in hand. Strawberries have long been a beloved crop in the state, both culturally and as a valuable crop for farmers in an increasingly competitive market. Bu...
Spring strawberry sweetness
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Spring strawberry sweetness
Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
Posted on May 30, 2025
Kevin O’Dwyer’s farming career began when he was 14, working on the field crew at Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon, MA. One of his first jobs was picking strawberries. He continued working at Ward’s through high school and college and was eventually hired as the head grower. In 2010, O’Dwyer decided it w...
The world’s largest grower of hellebores
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The world’s largest grower of hellebores
Karl H. Kazaks 
Posted on May 30, 2025
RENICK, WV – Hellebores are late-winter blooming, giving rise to the nicknames Lenten rose and winter rose. Their attractive flowers are formed by five delicate sepals, except in the double versions, which feature multiple layers of sepals. These perennial, evergreen plants grow about 12 inches tall...
Growing celeriac
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Growing celeriac
Kelsi Devolve 
Posted on May 30, 2025
You may or may not be familiar with celeriac (or celery root). This root vegetable is commonly found in European cuisine and is part of the same species as celery, just a different variety. At the New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference , Peyton Ginakes, a UMaine Cooperative Extension research asso...
Boost biocontrols with banker plants
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Boost biocontrols with banker plants
Courtney Llewellyn 
Posted on May 30, 2025
The goal of integrated pest management (IPM) is the prevention and control of pests, and to lessen the use of plant protection products to ecologically healthy levels. That was the definition of IPM given by Erich N. Schoeller, Ph.D., Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, during his prese...
Microgreens: Keeping it safe
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Microgreens: Keeping it safe
Tamara Scully 
Posted on May 30, 2025
Microgreens are a quick turnaround, high-value crop which can extend the growing season for indoor and outdoor growers alike. While microgreens can add “green” to your wallet year-round, keeping them free of pathogenic bacteria requires some effort and adherence to food safety practices. Sprouts, wh...
Fostering food security at Fern Hill Farm
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Fostering food security at Fern Hill Farm
Laura Rodley 
Posted on May 30, 2025
Lindsay Allen, owner of Fern Hill Farm in Buckland, MA, lives in the house that once belonged to the town’s beloved doctor, the late Dr. Mark Purinton, who provided care for his community from his home for almost 40 years. Following in his footsteps, Allen is providing care for her community by grow...
Testing new pesticide sprayer tech in the orchard
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Testing new pesticide sprayer tech in the orchard
Courtney Llewellyn 
Posted on May 30, 2025
Healthy buds mean healthy flowers mean healthy fruits. And using sprayers to protect all those parts of the lifecycle is important, but how do you know which sprayer works best for your operation? “Comparing efficiencies of spray technologies in tree fruit orchards” was presented by the team of Emil...
Aronia berry (or chokeberry) possibilities
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Aronia berry (or chokeberry) possibilities
Kelsi Devolve 
Posted on May 30, 2025
Evan Lentz, a commercial fruit crops assistant Extension educator with UConn, recently spoke about Aronia berries at the New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference . The Aronia berry has “been around for quite a while now, but it’s retained its kind of novel-niche status,” Lentz said. A lot of people ...
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Laura Rodley 
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Kate Miller Carl was serving customers Roundhill Orchard’s summer bounty of raspberries and blueberries on the last day of Western Massachusetts’ late...
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Daren and Holly Koeppe have been growing agronomic crops, and more recently vegetables, near Sisseton, SD, on the farm where Daren grew up. Several ye...
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Enrico Villamaino 
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Hostas are a staple in shade gardens and nurseries, known for their lush foliage and vibrant variegation. These perennials are loved by landscape prof...
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Kelsi Devolve 
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The Northeast Forest Farming Conference in Danby, VT, which took place earlier this year, introduced attendees to a wide variety of topics, including ...