September 2021

Bharat Bhushan on his lavender field with workers The snow-capped Himalayan mountains come to mind when one thinks of Jammu and Kashmir. However, Dal Lake, apple orchards, walnuts, mulberries, saffron, Chinar and Pines, roses, and even tulips can be found in our northernmost union territory. Since 2010, hectares of lavenderRead More →

Reading time: 2 minutes Your grain may have a higher moisture content than you might expect after a very dry summer, says an agronomist from Alberta Wheat and Alberta Barley. “After a dry start and mid-season, late tillers appeared due to the late summer rains,” Jeremy Boychyn wrote in hisRead More →

When Jim Henschel was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in the summer, his wife Kim Henschel was unsure of what to do. Jim, who is almost 40, is the lifeblood of the family dairy farm, Deer-Vue Acres, just outside of Elkhart Lake, where they have been farming for overRead More →

Thulen – from sowing to germination, propagation, propagation, harvesting and all of this is automated on several vertical farms in a row. It looks like a factory and to some extent it is exactly the AVF + factory. Artechno is currently building a plantation plant like this one for CanadianRead More →

WABASH VALLEY, Ind. (WTHI) – Farmers in the Wabash Valley are taking advantage of these hot, dry conditions by harvesting as many crops before our next round of rains. Last week we learned that corn yield could be affected this harvest season due to tar spot disease. Although growing cornRead More →

The Hancock County Farm Bureau and the Hancock County United Way invite community members to learn more about agriculture and its impact in Hancock County by registering for Ride with a farmer. Local farmers will take participants on a tour with them during harvest by October 18. United Way’s HeatherRead More →

The smell of sweet and delicious corn Pop like a kettle hot corn business selling bags of kettle corn right inside the front door of the Farm Progress Show. Mateuche Yannick Near the front door of the Farm Progress Show, attendees were mesmerized by the sweet scent of kettle cornRead More →

One late summer evening, a group of Somali women begins to flock to a small urban farm. The women live in Horn Towers, a social housing complex in southern Minneapolis where the vast majority of residents are Somali. The tall, gray towers south of Lake Street are in a busyRead More →

Karam Prakash Tribune press service Patiala, September 4 Harvinder Singh, 30, who made history by winning a bronze medal in archery at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, had been training for the mega event in his fields. After the Covid pandemic disrupted routine sporting activity, Harvinder, the son of a farmer,Read More →