Small Grain Fields Day on June 18 highlights new research to help regional growers

Small Grain Fields Day on June 18 highlights new research to help regional growers

WOOSTER — The erratic weather of early spring brought new challenges with it for regional farmers. “Ohio has been in kind of a weird bull’s eye for weather this year,” said Gerry Puckett, director of communications for the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association. The 80-degree weather of late April-early May followed by unseasonably cool […] The post Small Grain Fields Day on June 18 highlights new research to help regional growers appeared first …

New apples in small volumes and small stores - Good Fruit Grower

Just a handful of Moxxi apples, a new variety from Stemilt Growers, await buyers in March at Yoke’s Fresh Market in Pasco, Washington. Limited quantities and strategic store placement characterize releases of new cultivars in this depressed apple economy. In the background sits Lemonade apples, a specialty variety from Giumarra. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower) Have a new apple to sell? Call a small store. Moderately sized, regional grocery cha…