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Growers agreed to a plan that requires all irrigators to reduce their water use over time, instead of using a senior water rights strategy.
“We’d like to think that we’re responsible for high demand but it’s really the weather,” says Al Rose of Red Apple Farm.
On a Minnesota egg farm, visitors embrace a more intimate agritourism experience — in which they sleep and even work on the farm.
The trees are easy to grow, but the berries are fragile and have a shorter shelf life compared to other fruits.
Patrick Smith, CEO of Loftus Ranches, is fighting inflation as well. Some fertilizer materials have nearly doubled in a year or two, he says.
Iowa corn and soybean farmer April Hemmes is “at least two and a half weeks” behind due to wet weather.
Tribal agricultural leaders say they would like to see more lending to agricultural producers and more autonomous control over federal funds.
Exports are delayed for key crops like walnuts, many of which are grown for overseas customers.
More than 10,000 workers are on strike after they rejected a deal on wages and benefits.
April Hemmes had to replant her soybeans after a frost killed them. But they’re coming out better than expected, she says.