by Travis Martin | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
When states began legalizing the cultivation of hemp in 2018, many farmers were optimistic. The versatile crop was making waves as the new ‘value-add’ opportunity for traditional row crop farmers. But producing hemp has been an uphill battle for most. The issue: Part...
by Travis Martin | Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Life is like a box of chocolates…and the Ivory Coast really didn’t know what it was going to get. This year’s rainy season has been unusually dry for the past month, and it’s threatening the April-to-September cocoa mid-crop. The heavy downpours that normally...
by Travis Martin | Jun 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
A recent legal squabble in wine country is giving ‘smoke tainted’ grapes a lot of attention. Langtry Farms LLC is suing the owners of Torick Farms LLC, a grape-growing company, for delivering grapes that were allegedly free of ‘smoke taint’ despite being harvested in...
by Travis Martin | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Oh, snap. Cold snap, that is. We noted last week that farmers in France were feeling the latest temperature drops in their bones and their fields. Unusually warm temperatures in March caused vineyards and other crops across France to bloom. Then Mother Nature said,...
by Travis Martin | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
The U.S. blueberry industry is booming. USDA figures from 2019 pegged total U.S. harvested acres up 15% from 2018, with total production growing 21%, to 673 million pounds. A decade-long sprint to grow the domestic crop has acres up 60% from 2009.And most producers...
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