Home Grown: Desert Ag Research Symposium
In tonight’s Home Grown report, the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture asks you to save the date for the Desert Ag Research Symposium…
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Home Grown: Between the farm and the table
In Tuesday’s Home Grown report, after fields are harvested, the crops are processed in order to make it from the farm to your…
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Yuma County lettuce harvest in full swing
Yuma County, as well as the Imperial Valley, produce over 80 percent of North America’s leafy greens from November through…
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Home Grown: Gary Knox agriculture farm
In tonight’s Homegrown report, one local elementary school is embracing Yuma County’s famous winter vegetable season, by educating students about…
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University of Arizona conducts lettuce evaluation trials
In tonight’s Home Grown report, the University of Arizona Ag extension began lettuce evaluation trials at the research…
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Ag laborers working day and night
In tonight’s Home Grown report, winter vegetable season is in full swing in Yuma County and Imperial County, but it wouldn’t be possible without…
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Home Grown: Winter vegetable season underway
In Tuesday’s homegrown report, Yuma County’s famous winter vegetable season is…
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Home Grown: Storm affects local agriculture
Produce fields were completely flooded over the weekend after Yuma broke a rain total of 1.67 inches of rain Saturday…
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Home Grown: Federal officials are easing water restrictions on the Colorado River
Federal officials are easing water restrictions on the Colorado River starting next…
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Home Grown: How to be a master gardener
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown report, the University of Arizona Ag Extension is hosting a class where you can learn to be a master…
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Yuma man nominated to head Arizona Department of Agriculture
In Tuesday’s Homegrown report, Governor Katie Hobbs looked to Yuma for the next head of the Arizona Department of…
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Home Grown: Yuma Catholic FFA from the classroom to the field
The dual credit plant science class at Yuma Catholic took the learning from the classroom to the field to catch samples of insects and analyze them…
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Home Grown: U of A extension and the state of Arizona collaborating to help farmers save water
With the water crisis hitting farmers hard, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and the state are…
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Home Grown: Local 4-H kids show animals on opening day of the Yuma County Fair
In today’s Home Grown report, the Yuma County Fair kicked off Tuesday, with local 4-H kids showing their animals in the…
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Yuma County 4-H members preparing animals for the fair
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown report, it’s that time of year when children and teens across Yuma County are getting their 4-H…
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Grant available for Arizona farmers to upgrade irrigation
The grant is for $30 million and is available to growers statewide who can receive $1500 an acre if their request is…
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With the drought impacting Arizona, local farmers are doing their part to save water
The drought in the west has caused the fate of the Colorado River to be unknown. The result? The nation’s food supply is at…
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Home Grown: Ag leaders meet with Arizona Governor Hobbs
When Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs was in Yuma, she had the chance to meet with local ag…
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Home Grown: California woman makes Yuma lettuce go viral
One woman from California claims she’s in part responsible for a growing demand for Yuma lettuce across America.…
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Home Grown: Colorado River shortage update
The seven basin states that use water from the Colorado River did not meet today’s deadline to address the Colorado River water…
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