Home Grown: Fusarium wilt trials test lettuce variety tolerance
In today’s Home Grown, fusarium wilt is a type of disease that give growers a never-ending…
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Home Grown: Citrus and date seminar allows growers to collaborate
In today’s Home Grown, there is an upcoming seminar dedicated to all things citrus and…
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Home Grown: Ag Skillshare event allows farmers to collaborate ideas
In today’s Home Grown, there’s an upcoming event where ag knowledge is given and…
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Home Grown: Arizona celebrates Leafy Greens Month
In today’s Home Grown, its Leafy Greens…
Continue Reading Home Grown: Date palm age determines amount of fruit produced
In today’s Home Grown, date harvesting season has just come to a close with growers producing thousands of pounds of dates this…
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Home Grown: Staying safe on the roads with slow-moving ag vehicles
In today’s Home Grown, local farmers have some advice for drivers as more ag vehicles jump on the…
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Home Grown: Bio-charcoal soil helps retain carbon and water
In today’s Home Grown, growers are experimenting with new ways to increase carbon in…
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Home Grown: Preview of AgTech event demonstrating automated weeding
In today’s Home Grown, Growers are getting ready for the University of Arizona’s AgTech event at the Yuma County Agricultural…
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Home Grown: Irrigators attempt to conserve water
In today’s Home Grown, we address how ag workers are attempting to conserve water while keeping plants…
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Home Grown: Sen. Kelly applauds Yuma’s ag conservation effort
In today’s Home Grown, we address the water crisis in the western region as the Colorado River reservoirs hit record…
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Home Grown: Traps to detect microscopic California red scale insects
In today’s Home Grown, farmers are faced with many threats in the growing process. One of those is the California red scale…
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Home Grown: High-tech tractors harvesting cotton just in time for produce season
In today’s Home Grown, farmers are working more than 12 hours a days, seven days a week to harvest cotton off the field in time for winter produce…
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Home Grown: Ag education remains consistent throughout pandemic
In today’s Home Grown, Yuma County continues to be a prime spot for agriculture…
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Home Grown: Transplants ready to go in the dirt ahead of vegetable season
In today’s Home Grown, preparation is underway county-wide ahead of the winter vegetable…
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Home Grown: Field trials find INSV in summer weeds
In today’s Home Grown, trials are being done to see if there is a way to prevent a crop from catching a virus that is new to Yuma…
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Home Grown: Tractor fabrication maintenance ahead of planting season
In today’s Home Grown, a group of local fabricators are getting tractors and machines ready for this year’s planting…
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Home Grown: INSV lettuce virus workshop in Yuma
In today’s Home Grown, a type of virus called Impatients Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) was first detected in Yuma County lettuce in spring…
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Home Grown: UV light machine removes pathogens from ag water
In today’s Home Grown, an ultraviolet (UV) light machine is taking sanitation to new…
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Home Grown: Harvest automation is the newest farmer on the field
In today’s Home Grown, we look at a way that man and machine can co-exist side by side in the…
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Home Grown: Large hemp field in Wellton helps grow national hemp industry
In today’s Home Grown, Yuma County is playing a large role in the nation’s expanding hemp…
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