Specialty Crops
Honey farmer Jim Hartman’s is being highlighted by the American Farm Bureau for his dedication to agricultural sustainability. Learn about his unexpected journey from combat veteran to beekeeper to an AFB Ag Innovator semi-finalist.
USDA officials say the grants have reached nearly 12,000 different projects at this point, and its most recent $72.9-million investment marks a $1 billion funding milestone for the SCBGP, which aims to provide specialty crop producers fund key marketing, education, and research efforts.
USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says the storm could cause problems for several key crops grown in the Southwestern region, including parts of California and Arizona, along the storm’s path. It also carries risk for potential flash flooding and strong wind gusts as it travels north.
Meet a Michigan lavender farmer who started her operation as a way for a family to get together!
Meet an almond farmer whose parents immigrated from India and settled in California’s fertile Central Valley.
The State of California producing around four million gallons of olive oil each year. America’s Heartland shows us how those olives go from field to stove.
Deerfield Farms currently grows over 30 varieties of heirloom tomatoes as well as cucumbers, basil, and microgreens.
European olive oil prices are nearing record levels, driving up the cost of Italian pizza after extreme temperatures in Southern Europe caused significant crop damage.
California AgNet introduces us to a fifth-generation grape and nut grower who took matters into her own hands to install an on-farm groundwater recharge basin.
The West Kentucky Maple Tour recently went to Scottsville, Kentucky, where they got a chance to visit South 4 Farms, an award-winning producer of 100-pecent pure maple syrup.
The Senate Agriculture Committee heard from a mushroom farmer and a crop scientist Thursday in a hearing related to the horticulture title of the 2023 Farm Bill.
