Tag: produce
OPGMA Congress: Ohio Produce Marketing Agreement still gaining support
Ohio produce growers could be just a few months away from having a new state-specific produce marketing agreement.
Apple production is down across the state, and spring weather is...
The apple harvest is coming to an end earlier than usual in Ohio with a reduced, but some say sweeter, supply.
New blueberry varieties are a hit
WASHINGTON -- That interesting shrub growing in a neighbor's front yard may actually be exactly what you think it is -- a somewhat unusual...
Ohio produce tour features Eshleman Fruit Farm, Buurma Farms
OPGMA annual summer field tour features a diversity of fruit and vegetable farms.
2011 was a rough year for Pa. produce
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's vegetable farmers harvested 13,000 acres of sweet corn for fresh market in 2011 with production totaling 819,000 hundredweight or 63 hundredweight per acre.
Mammoth radish sets W. Va. state record
CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- Michael R. Tolley of Hico, W.Va., has set a state record with a radish that tipped the scales at 13.27 pounds.
Ohio produce growers and marketers urged to join food safety program
If you want to market produce in the future, you will "need" to be part of a trusted food safety certification program, officials say.
Ohio potato production down 30% from 2010
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Ohio's fall potato production is forecast at 425 thousand cwt., down 30 percent from last year, according to the Ohio office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Western Pa. workshop to look at risk for food businesses
The workshop, Managing Risk for Food Businesses, will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 8, at the Penn State Extension office in Mercer County, Pa.
Grant helps get N.Y. produce to wholesale clubs
NEW YORK -- A two-year effort by marketers and growers from the Upstate Growers and Packers Cooperative is finally bearing fruit.
