Home Grown: From Yuma wheat to Italian pasta
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) –Â 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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Home Grown: Gov. Ducey looks to bring $1 billion in water restoration funding
In today’s Home Grown, Gov. Doug Ducey has outlined a plan to bring more water resources to Arizona’s decreasing water…
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Home Grown: Crops harvested by hand and packaged right on the field
In today’s Home Grown, the tedious work of growing a natural product out of the ground really requires all hands on…
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Home Grown: AgTechX event takes proactive approach to food safety
In today’s Home Grown, the ag industry is taking a more proactive approach to food…
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Home Grown: Eye gnat program keeps pesky bugs away from your home
In today’s Home Grown, if you live on the Yuma Mesa and are bothered by pesky gnats, you’re not alone, but there is something you can do to get rid…
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Home Grown: USDA approves Arizona hemp production licenses
In today’s Home Grown, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a state hemp plan for…
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Home Grown: Biochar soil made with charcoal can help withstand fusarium wilt
In today’s Home Grown, biochar is a new type of soil farmers are…
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Home Grown: Medjool Date Festival is back in downtown Yuma this weekend
In today’s Home Grown, downtown Yuma will be bringing back one of the community’s favorite annual…
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Home Grown: Southwest Ag Summit now open for registration
In today’s Home Grown, registration is now open for an annual ag…
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Home Grown: Citrus packing facility houses some of the world’s lemons
When stepping foot inside mission citrus, the packing facility is filled with the smell of lemons coming directly from trees in Yuma…
Continue Reading Home Grown: Free AZDA recertification course in Yuma
In today’s Home Grown, the Arizona Department of Agriculture is hosting their annual recertification course right here in…
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