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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
The University of MN/University of NH High Tunnel Cover Crops Trial is recruiting high tunnel growers to receive free cover crop seed and participate in cover crop planting in spring and summer 2025. Our project aims to enable organic high...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
The Produce Safety Rule is part of the federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that applies to some farms in Minnesota. Since the law has been finalized, updates and changes have been made that relate to water you use on your farm....
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
There are many windows of opportunity to plant a cover crop on a vegetable farm. Two of those windows are in the summer: cover crops can be planted in late spring or early summer, terminated at midsummer, and followed with a late season...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
We often hear from growers in the summer about cutworm issues in high tunnel crops, oftentimes long after the damage has been done. It is always hard to retrace the steps and figure out what caused the damage. As we get ready to think...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
The Food Group of Minnesota- Big River Farms is hosting the Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the Minnesota Farm Service Agency (FSA), to provide information about insurance and disaster programs for vegetable, fruit and other special crop...
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Join Extension's Farm Business Management and Horticulture teams for a webinar series covering farm financial management basics for diversified specialty crop farms. In this three-part series we will go over their...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
As our farmer to farmer soil health for vegetables series has unfolded, plastic mulch has come up in every conversation. There are so many benefits to using it, including moisture retention, weed control, and soil warming, but the...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
Did you know that the most common reported sales outlet for produce farmers in Minnesota is on-farm markets? Or that the most frequently reported crop grown is the tomato, followed by winter squash? We’ve learned these things about our...
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