Home Grown: Yuma date harvest
In today’s home grown, it’s that time of year when the thousands of date trees in our area are being…
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Home Grown: Winter vegetable season underway
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY-TV) – Yuma County winter vegetable season is officially underway. And it all starts out with a seed. Vegetables like…
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Home Grown: Cotton harvest in full swing
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown, Cotton harvest is in full swing in both Yuma County and Imperial County. Yuma County grows…
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Sinema meets with Arizona Farm Bureau, receives award in drought resilience
Arizona Senator Krysten Sinema met with representatives from the Arizona Farm…
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Home Grown: Farmers face challenges as production costs continue to skyrocket
YUMA, Ariz. (KECY, KYMA) – In today’s Home Grown, Yuma County is the Winter Lettuce Capital of North America and produces about 90 percent of…
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Home Grown: The U of A extension hosted a workshop for continuing AG education
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown, the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension hosted the Fall Integrated Pest Management…
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Home Grown: Yuma County Water Users’ Association Drought Update
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown, drought preparations continue throughout the country. And locally in the desert southwest,…
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Home Grown: Local farmers facing water shortage on the Colorado River
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown, Lake Mead and Lake Powell are in danger of reaching critically low levels, causing local…
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Home Grown: Imperial valley and Yuma farmers draft plan for water cuts
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown, A plan is circulating among irrigation districts in Imperial Valley and Yuma to reduce Colorado…
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Home Grown: Watermelon drought trial harvest
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown, The University of Arizona is testing a new way to grow crops with less water. This freshly picked…
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Home Grown: From Yuma wheat to Italian pasta
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown, Italian cuisine is known for its pasta dishes that are as much local culture, as they are food,…
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Home Grown: Growers attempt to bring industrial hemp to Yuma
The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Along with local growers and seedsmen are trying to figure out how to bring industrial hemp to the…
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Home Grown: Watermelon and bell peppers show clay soil trial is doing well
In today’s Home Grown, the crops that were grown over dry desert land are responding well to the trial in…
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Home Grown: Master Gardener class accepting attendees for this seasons next garden experts
In today’s Home Grown, a master gardener class is now accepting attendees for the summer…
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Home Grown: Local program plants seeds of agriculture in kids minds
In today’s Home Grown, an agriculture program called Southwest Ag (SWAG) is planting a little seed in young…
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Home Grown: 4-H Program wraps as student gear up for next year
In today’s Home Grown, kids of all ages are tasked with a big responsibility of being a meat…
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Home Grown: Prevention tips to avoid downy mildew
In today’s Home Grown, prevention is the best way to limit crops from getting a…
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Home Grown: Liquid clay turning desert land into fertile soil
In today’s Home Grown, researchers are experimenting with desert soil because it typically can not grow crops…
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Home Grown: Downy mildew causes discoloration creating unmarketable lettuce
In today’s Home Grown, we lay out downy mildew and how it affects Yuma…
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Home Grown: Field trials give farmers disease resistance data
In today’s Home Grown, a field trial put on by the Yuma County Cooperative extension gives valuable information to local…
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