Home Grown

In today’s homegrown report, agriculture researchers, growers, and other locals participated in a field tour to help navigate real-world problems in AG.

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY-TV) – Yuma County winter vegetable season is officially underway. And it all starts out with a seed. Vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and kale are all grown in greenhouses for their first 45 days of life. The crops are then transported to fields and transplanted, growing in there for the next three

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 all the leafy vegetables grown in the U.S. from November through March. But how much of that money comes back to our local economy? The agriculture industry in our area represents

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – In today’s Home Grown, drought preparations continue throughout the country. And locally in the desert southwest, even though current water rulings aren’t affecting us directly, our agriculture industry is also preparing for what could come next. The Colorado River is the main water supply for the Yuma region.  And although our