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LynOaken Farms: A signature variety

by Jennifer Wagester LYNDONVILLE, NY — Differentiation, regardless of the industry, is a vital component to surviving in a competitive market.

L ynOaken Farms embodies this concept and has developed a taste all their own. From the sweet, crisp crunch of a Jonagold to farm fresh apple cider — it’s LynOaken.

Leonard Oakes established the farm in 1918. It has operated under the Oakes family since that time. Leonard’s daughter -in-law, Wanda Oakes, is still actively involved at age 81. As the family matriarch, she provides encouragement and support to her children who are now at the helm. Her son Darrell Oakes directs fruit production and daughter Wendy Oakes Wilson oversees business administration.

Additional family members and employees, totaling 78 with more at harvest time, contribute to farm operation.

In total, LynOaken grows 260 acres of apples along with 50 acres of tart cherries, 20 acres of peaches, and 15 acres of grapes.

Continuous improvement is what creates their signature.

Alongside proven practices are experimental ones. Variety trials are maintained to identify promising new apples, one of which included the Jonagold that was named by Wanda’s husband, Jim Oakes. He was the first producer to raise it commercially, and it has become a staple in LynOaken’s fields. The latest addition is Sweetango, a cross between Honeycrisp and Zestar. Its fresh, sweet taste with melon-like flesh delights customers.

Staying innovative has transitioned apple growing from 40 foot trees and yields of 400 bushels per acre to 10 foot whips producing 1,000 to 1,200 bushels per acre.

Today’s trees are spaced three feet apart with six foot row spacing. They are pruned to discourage establishment of lead branches and extensive root systems. One, two, and three year branches are kept on the tree, with the third year branches being the most productive. The emphasis is on focusing the tree’s energy into growing fruit instead of unnecessary branches and roots. Darrel Oakes is optimistic about this method, which offers a productive field for 20 years.

Professional apple pickers are hired each year to harvest the fruit. Great care and dexterity are needed to ensure only ripe apples are picked, and that they reach the consumer in perfect condition.

However, weather can thwart even the best efforts. For 2011, crews are picking twice

Wendy Oakes Wilson and Wanda Oakes have a lot to smile about. LynOaken Farms continues to grow while remaining true to the Oakes family's heritage.

— once to remove damaged apples and then again to pick those that are consumer ready.

This year’s recent hail storm left many apples split and bruised. Diversified marketing options help the Oakes family make the best of this disaster. LynOaken operates a cider press that transforms the blemished fruit into fresh cider. At L ynOaken, only hand picked apples are used.

Washed fruit enter the processing facility and are manually sorted before traveling up a conveyor to be ground. The apple puree is then processed through a series of screens and flash pasteurized before being bottled. Flash pasteurization allows it to retain its fresh pressed flavor while meeting all government food safety regulations.

Apples meeting fresh pick standards are sold or retained in storage to be distributed from fall until June, when fresh strawberries are ready.

Partnering with local grocers throughout western and central New York gives LynOaken a broad network for reaching consumers directly.

LynOaken apple totes are the hallmark of many grocers’ produce sections. LynOaken provides retailers with a cooler for the apples, restocks apples throughout the year, provides a cost guarantee that allows competitive pricing,

and accepts the return of blemished fruit. It’s a win-win partnership that offers a highquality product at a reasonable price, providing grocers with a profitable produce option.

Only a select group of apple varieties store well throughout the year. Empire, Gala, Cortland, Macintosh, Crispin,

Jonagold, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Fuji can maintain quality in controlled atmospheric (CA) storage. Of those, the Empire, Jonagold, Crispin, and Fuji are the most desirable.

L ynOaken Farms has 235,000 cubic feet of cold storage with 198,000 of that being CA storage. Once apples

are taken out of storage, they are packed at L ynOaken’s Apple Depot. The depot serves as the farm’s packing and distribution center. From there, apples are trucked directly to buyers. Three trucks are on the road five days a week most of the year.

The majority of apples are sold wholesale, though u-pick remains a prominent part of L ynOaken Farms.

Connecting consumers with agriculture is important to the Oakes family. In 2012, the u-pick operation will move adjacent to the farm’s retail store. The new location will feature a seven acre, 400variety “apple museum,” allowing consumers to experience heritage apple varieties alongside modern ones. The heirloom apple trees were acquired by working with Schlabach’s Nursery. These trees offer apples with unique tastes and appearances that ripen at different times throughout the season.

Striving to continuously improve L ynOaken Farms, while maintaining deep roots in their heritage, has worked well for the Oakes family.

Developing ways to best utilize what nature offers has allowed LynOaken Farms to thrive in a weather-dependent industry.

Wendy Oakes Wilson notes it is the love of the industry that keeps them going. “Every time you see someone experience a fresh apple or glass of cider… that’s what makes this worthwhile — knowing your work gives people joy is extremely rewarding.”

More information about LynOaken Farms is available online at www.lynoakenfarms.com.

Ground apples are pumped through a flexible hose into the press that expresses cider ready for flash pasteurization and bottling.

Photos by Jennifer Wagester

by Tamara Scully Sunflowers are a new niche crop in northwestern New Jersey. Farmer Raj Sinha’s sunflower maze — as far as state officials are able to determine — was the first ever in New Jersey. Local dignitaries, as well as representatives from the New Jersey Farm Bureau, Sussex County Extension Office and Sussex County Board of Agriculture were joined by Al Murray, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, for the grand opening of the maze.

While carving a maze from a field of blooming sunflowers may be a revolutionary idea, Sinha isn’t taking all the credit. In fact, he is crediting the New Jersey Agricultural Leadership Development Program with creating the fertile ground that allowed him to cultivate the idea for the maze.

Sinha met fellow classmate John Parke, Stewardship Project Director-North Region for the New Jersey Audubon Society, and learned how NJ Audubon was working with farmers to achieve some of their environmental goals.

Using the leadership, networking and teamwork skills which he developed throughout the intensive two-year NJALDP training, Sinha created a maze to do more than attract visitors and promote his own farm.

Using land owned by fellow farmer Tico Lin, Sinha was able to plan the sunflower fields in a highly visible location, near the intersection of two state highways and along a busy county road. The Lin family operates Roseline’s Bakery on the property across from the field. Roseline’s sells baked goods, lunches and tries to utilize locally-grown products. They also agreed to sell Sinha’s own Jersey Devil Salsa, as well as the black oil sunflower seeds and birdhouses created from Jersey Grown wood, which are marketed via NJ Audubon’s S.A.V.E.™ brand.

S.A.V.E. Program The S.A.V.E. brand — an acronym for Support Agricultural Viability and the Environment — is funded through a Conservation Incentive Grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Participating farmers grow habitat-enhancing crops that are then sold via direct farmto-retail sales. NJ Audubon markets these products intensively to their substantial membership base, provides promotional advertising and press releases and works closely with the farmers. The products in the program proudly display the Jersey Grown label.

Programs such as S.A.V.E. “find those common ground issues and capitalize on them,” providing habitat enhancement, economic viability for the farmers, and opportunities for New Jersey’s residents to purchase locallygrown products. Parke also acknowledged the NJALDP for its in-depth leadership training, which has assisted him in approaching local farmers with NJ Audubon’s mission, and has contributed to the success of the various initiatives.

NJ Audubon has been promoting black oil sunflowers as an alternative crop for New Jersey’s farmers for the past several years. Realizing that their annual birdseed fund raising sale was using seeds grown in other regions, they set out to recruit local farmers to produce the desirable black oil sunflower seeds used for the feed.

Another product that combines the needs of the farmer, conservation efforts and consumer goods is S.A.V.E.™ birdhouses and bird feeders.

Customers concerned with feeding the birds and maintaining crucial wildlife habitat are learning that agricultural lands can promote and maintain healthy ecosystems.

Four hundred acres of Pine

The sunflower maze field, with neighboring farm in the background, highlights the beauty which agriculture contributes to the community.

Photo courtesy John Parke

Barrens land is owned by the Schairer family, who operate one of the two dozen or less remaining sawmills in the Garden State. Increased use of imported wood — from across the nation or across the world, has had a dramatic negative impact on the sawmill industry, as have short-sighted regulations that many times work against sustainable forest management techniques.

“If you do nothing to a forest, it just dies. A living forest; it has to be managed,” Paul Schairer said.

Keeping forests healthy “cannot be done without the use of traditional silvicultureal techniques,” said Troy Ettel, Director of Conservation and Stewardship for NJ Audubon.

He noted that foresters and loggers are key players in healthy forest management.

Ettel envisions other products resulting from a partnership

between farmers and forest land owners and NJ Audubon, growing the S.A.V.E. line.

“We are working with some partners in South Jersey to develop a high quality mulch and growth medium, analogous to peat moss, from whole pine trees and are looking at things related to our sunflower project, like the production of sunflower oil. In each of these cases, it is the ingenuity of our cooperating farmers and operators that is really helping us branch into other areas,” he said.

Up in the northernmost county, Sinja’s sunflower maze is making the connection between local farming and conservation by attracting visitors to the maze, who can then support these initiatives by making purchases of Jersey Grown products and local food, all while being entertained and educated.

While the sunflower maze —

that spelled out the S.A.V.E. acronym — was only in business for a few short weeks at the end of August, the legacy of the maze lives on, spotlighting the accomplishments achieved through mutual understanding, partnership, innovative thinking and community. The sunflower seed harvest, tentatively scheduled for the first week of October is going to be promoted as an educational event as well, Sinja said.

“One of the highlights of the S.A.V.E.™ initiative has been the ability to increase traffic and attention to local farms participating in the project with NJ Audubon. “But of all the attention the S.A.V.E.™ sunflower fields get, by far Raj Sinha’s idea to create a Sunflower Maze is the standout in developing eco- and agritourism opportunities to further connect farmers with the public,” Parke said.

New Cornell raspberry variety extends harvest into November ITHACA, NY — Cornell’s new raspberry variety, Crimson Giant, is fashionably late. Developed by Cornell berry breeder and associate professor of horticulture Courtney Weber, Crimson Giant was developed specifically for the New York climate and can extend the harvest window for fresh, local raspberries to the beginning of November.

“Consumer disbelief is the real challenge for Crimson Giant,” said Weber, who works at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY. “They are not accustomed to seeing locally produced raspberries that late in the fall, and they might assume the seller has put a ‘local foods’ sticker on berries from California.”

The berry has all the attributes of

high-quality commercial fruit: true raspberry flavor and firm, bright red berries that don’t darken quickly in storage. The fruit is large, averaging 4.5 grams in its New York trial, a significant increase over the 2-3 gram berries in other varieties.

In local trials, Crimson Giant begins ripening in late September or early October, three weeks later than the widely grown Cornell variety Heritage.

Weber reports that during the traditional fall raspberry harvest, Crimson Giant is still flowering.

The late harvest requires a protected production system such as high tunnels to shield the flowers and fruit from fall frost. Already widely used for summer tomato production in New York state, high tunnels are structures composed of hoops of metal or plastic

covered by plastic sheeting. Unlike greenhouses, they do not have a foundation and are generally not heated.

Drip irrigation supplies the necessary moisture to support plant growth.

“Raspberry yield in high tunnel systems can be many times higher than field-grown plants, due in part to the lower incidence of diseases like gray mold, the ability to grow plants at a higher density and the mitigation of wind that can damage plants,” said Marvin Pritts, chairman and professor of horticulture. “The berries are often larger, and the need to manage most pests, diseases and weeds is lower than in the field.”

Crimson Giant is expected to be a boon for growers seeking to enlarge their market share and command premium prices for berries in the late sea-

son, when apples outnumber them at the farm stands and farmers’ markets.

Growers interested in planting a trial to evaluate the variety can contact the Cornell Center for Technology Enterprise and Commercialization (CCTEC) for a list of licensed nurseries.

The Cornell small fruits breeding program was established at the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1882. Since then, breeders have produced more than 80 red and black raspberry, blackberry and strawberry varieties for production in New York and abroad. Notable varieties include the Heritage raspberry and Jewel strawberry, which have become industry standards in the Northeast. Two new strawberries are slated for release for the 2012 season.

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Sunflower Maze promotes Jersey Fresh and Jersey Grown

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Northeast farmers warn of Irene pumpkin shortage NEW YORK (AP) — Northeastern states are facing a jack-o’-lantern shortage this Halloween after Hurricane Irene destroyed hundreds of pumpkin patches across the region, farmers say.

Wholesale prices have doubled in some places as farmers nurse their surviving pumpkin plants toward a late harvest. Some farmers are trying to buy pumpkins from other regions to cover orders.

“I think there’s going to be an extreme shortage of pumpkins this year,” said Darcy Pray, owner of Pray’s Family Farms in Keeseville, in upstate New York. “I’ve tried buying from people down in the Pennsylvania area, I’ve tried locally here and I’ve tried reaching across the border to some farmers over in the Quebec area. There’s just none around.”

Hurricane Irene raked the Northeast in late August, bringing torrents of rain that overflowed rivers and flooded fields along the East Coast and into southern Canada.

Pray saw his entire crop, about 15,000 to 20,000 pumpkins, washed

into Lake Champlain.

But pumpkin farmers had been having a difficult year even before the storm. Heavy rains this spring meant many farms had to postpone planting for two or three weeks, setting back the fall harvest, said Jim Murray, owner of the Applejacks Orchard in Peru, N.Y. A late harvest can be fatal to business because pumpkin sales plummet after Halloween on Oct. 31.

Wholesalers need to get pumpkins on their way to stores by midSeptember.

Another spate of rain about two weeks before Irene caused outbreaks of the phytophthora fungus — a type of water mold — in many fields, said Jim Stakey, owner of Stakey’s Pumpkin Farm in Aquebogue, on New York’s Long Island.

This week a cold snap threatened to kill the surviving vines, Murray said.

“We were real close to a frost last night,” Murray said Saturday. “It was 34, and if we had had a frost, a lot of immature pumpkins would have never made it.”

Cover photo by Jennifer Wagester Wanda Oakes inspects fruit bound for processing. The apples were fresh fruit ready until a hail storm recently swept through.

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The wholesale price for a bin of 32 to 45 pumpkins ranged from $150 to $200 in upstate New York, about twice the normal price, Pray said. It was still unclear how the shortage would affect retail prices, he said, but in a normal year, each pumpkin could sell for up to $15 at a supermarket in a big city like New York.

The problems for Northeast farmers have been a boon for growers in other parts of the country, especially in big pumpkin-producing states like Illinois, Indiana, California, Ohio and Michigan.

“There’s been a ton of people calling from New Jersey,” said Larry Goebel, co-owner of Goebel Farms in Evansville, Ind. “We can sell every pumpkin we want to sell.”

With good pumpkins hard to find,

Murray said buyers can make them last longer by washing them with water mixed with a little bleach. That kills any fungus left over from the fields and staves off mold and rotting, he said.

The pumpkin crunch could also affect tourism because pick-yourown pumpkin farms have become important attractions in many rural areas, farmers said.

Stakey’s 26-acre farm offers pumpkin-picking along with pony rides, a cornfield maze, rides in a farm wagon and other events. He said he’s buying extra pumpkins to put in the fields to supplement his own crop.

“Just get your pumpkins early, that’s all I can say,” he said. “It’s going to be a difficult season.”

By: Melissa Piper Nelson Farm News Service News and views on agricultural marketing techniques.

Sustainability marketing Although the modern usage is debated, the global term “sustainability” is generally thought to have been introduced at a United Nations Conference in 1987. It was chosen to define thinking and acting in a balanced way for the present, while planning for the future.

Some agricultural historians note, however, that U.S. producers were using the term in the early 1970’s to refer to a way of farming that protected natural eco-systems.

In 1990, the idea of sustainability was introduced into the U. S. Farm Bill and since then sustainable agriculture has become a popularized theme for being ecologically sound, socially equitable, using natural resources wisely, and preserving biodiversity in farming.

In 1997, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) organization defined it as, “Sustainable agriculture does not refer to a prescribed set of practices. Instead, it challenges producers to think about the long-term

implications of practices and the broad interactions and dynamics of agricultural systems.”

Today we know that consumers react favorably to production systems they feel are following sustainable methods. The definition that consumers use remains broad: Organic, naturally-grown, ecoganic, or natural. What consumers are saying with their dollars is that they care about how foods and fibers are grown and how that impacts the environment for future generations.

What has followed is called “green” marketing or “sustainable” marketing promoting a product, and the idea of how the product contributes to an environmentallysound and ecologicallybalanced world.

Many producers have already integrated the story behind their product into marketing techniques with story boards, farm photos, farm history-based brochures, informational labels and certifications.

While sustainable agriculture means a host of

different things to consumers, buyers use the term to seek out operations actively pursuing agriculture that strives for long-term stability and sound uses of natural resources. While buyers may not always follow through with this in purchasing from large grocery chains (a bag of apples, is a bag of apples), direct agricultural marketing unites farmer and consumer on a closer basis.

Producers are noting the importance of the back story — what takes place to make the product or service in the first place. Green or sustainable marketing then becomes as important as the product itself. Consumers ask about the farming method, if packaging is environmentallyfriendly, how far the product has traveled from farm to point of sale, if the farm is certified, by which group, and how employees are hired and their working conditions.

If you haven’t already encountered these types of questions, you probably will in the near future. Even if consumers don’t overtly ask the

culture depends.”

Sustainability marketing opens a dialogue for farmer and consumer to discuss these approaches to farming. The back story creates the avenue for agricultural marketing which shows the process of how a product was planted and harvested.

Ultimately, the story is yours to develop and present to the buying public.

For additional informa-

tion on how sustainability and agriculture has developed together, a number of sources are noted through the USDA’s Alternative Farming Systems Information Center at www.nal.usda.gov.

The above information is presented for educational purpose only and should not be substituted for professional legal or business counseling.

Tree replacement assistance for damage due to high winds or saturated soils Orchardists who have experienced tree losses from Hurricane Irene or the flooding of the week of Sept. 4-10 should contact their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office and sign up for possible Tree Fruit Assistance (TAP) funds.

According to Sharon Weigle, Adams County Executive Director of the USDA Farm Service Agency, “It is important that producers immediately alert FSA to damage because we are required to make a site visit to verify the losses before any renovations are started.”

There is an existing USDA FSA TAP in effect for tree losses from natural disasters occurring through Sept. 30. Qualifying fruit growers and nursery tree growers can receive funding to help offset the cost to replant

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questions while speaking with you, you should be aware that they are thinking about it and seeking out non-verbal clues from how you present yourself and your product. Without a standard definition for sustainability, producers must interpret how green and sustainable marketing ideas are developed for their own operations. This type of doit-yourself marketing has been featured in several USDA and other publications that describe sustainable farming and agricultural innovations.

Sustainable agriculture has rocketed from mere terminology into national policy and will likely be incorporated into future farming programs and research efforts. While there is a difference in how to ultimately define what sustainability means to agriculture as a whole, direct marketing has channeled sustainability into a marketing function that signals specific philosophic considerations to the buyer.

In 1999, the Union of Concerned Scientists noted, “Sustainability builds on current agricultural achievements, adopting a sophisticated approach that can maintain high yields and farm profits without undermining the resources on which agri-

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BUYER’S S GUIDEE INDEX AGTOURISM/AGRITAINMENT Hillside Orchard Farms Inc. Innovative Devices, Inc. Maize Quest Corn Mazes & Attractions Produce Promotions Rockford Package Supply Inc. TokensDirect AUCTIONS Auctioneer Phil Jacquier, Inc. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. BARNS AND BUILDINGS Four Seasons Tools GGS Structures, Inc. Growers Supply Pioneer Pole Buildings, Inc. Tasco Dome BERRIES AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service Awald Farms Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioSafe Systems Brookdale Fruit Farm Cool Bot DeGrandchamp Farms, Inc. Krieger’s Wholesale Nursery, Inc. Northwoods Nursery Nourse Farms Inc. Richey Nursery Co., LLC CARTS AND WAGONS Rogan Inc. W.W. Manufacturing Co., Inc. Waldo & Associates Inc. Wellmaster Carts CHRISTMAS ITEMS, OTHER Deer Run Greenery, Inc. JRM Chemical L & H Enterprises Produce Promotions Rockford Package Supply Inc. Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association CHRISTMAS TREES AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service Christmas Farms D&H Tree Farm L & H Enterprises Needlefast Evergreens Inc. Produce Promotions Silver Mountain Christmas Trees Valfei Products Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association EDUCATION Empire State Fruit & Vegetable Expo Pennsylvania College of Technology EMPLOYMENT/HUMAN RESOURCES Florasearch, Inc. EQUIPMENT-FRUIT & VEGETABLE BDi Machinery Sales, Inc. Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioSafe Systems Cool Bot Crop Care Equipment Four Seasons Tools Frontier Technology Inc. Haines Equipment, Inc. Kennco Manufacturing, Inc. KoolJet Refrigeration Inc. Mechanical Transplanter Co. LLC O.A. Newton

Paige Equipment Sales & Service Inc. Quick Industries, Inc. Robert Marvel Plastic Mulch LLC Roeters Farm Equipment, Inc. Rogan Inc. Schuster Farm, Inc. Stokes Ladders, Inc. Tallman Ladders Inc. Thomas E. Moore, Inc. EQUIPMENT-GREENHOUSE Agri of Virginia, Inc. Bamboo Supply Co. Bartlett Bench & Wire, Inc. Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioSafe Systems Farm Wholesale Ag Four Seasons Tools Golden Pacific Structures Growing Systems, Inc. Quick Industries, Inc. Randall Tool & Manufacturing Rogan Inc. Schaefer Ventilation Equipment Seed E-Z Seeder, Inc. Stuewe and Sons, Inc. Sunderman Mfg. Co., Inc. SumDair Tasco Dome TrueLeaf Technologies Waldo & Associates Inc. EQUIPMENT-NURSERY & LANDSCAPE Bamboo Supply Co. BDi Machinery Sales, Inc. Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioSafe Systems Dosatron International Inc. Emerald Screening and Crushing Gourmet Seed International, LLC Growing Systems, Inc. KoolJet Refrigeration Inc. Mechanical Transplanter Co. LLC O.A. Newton O’Neill Associates Paige Equipment Sales & Service Inc. Quick Industries, Inc. Randall Tool & Manufacturing Rogan Inc. Stokes Ladders, Inc. Tallman Ladders Inc. True Source Enterprises Inc. W.H. Milikowski, Inc. W.W. Manufacturing Co., Inc. Weaverline, LLC Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association FARM MARKET ITEMS Adirondack Chandler Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. Brookdale Fruit Farm Cool Bot Globe Bag Company, Inc. Hillside Orchard Farms Inc. I & J Manufacturing McCutcheon Apple Products, Inc. Page Seed Company Parker Bark Co., Inc. Produce Promotions ProducePackaging.com Putnam Plastics Inc. Richey Nursery Co., LLC Roof Basket Works, Inc. Southern Specialty Foods, LLC TokensDirect FENCING AND TRELLISING Orchard Valley Supply Inc. Wayside Fence Co. FERTILIZER

AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service Acadian AgriTech Advancing Eco-Agriculture Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioOrganics Dyna-Gro Nutrition Solutions Good Earth Grimes Horticulture JRM Chemical NaEx Corp. - Poulenger USA Ohio Earth Food, Inc. Page Seed Company The Fertrell Co. USA Gypsum FRUIT TREES AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioSafe Systems Harris Seeds Northwoods Nursery Page Seed Company Shur Farms Frost Protection GENERATORS O’Neill Associates GREENHOUSE PLANTSFINISHED Babikow Greenhouses Barone Gardens FAF Growers - Five Acre Farm Harris Seeds J.P. Bartlett Co., Inc. Richey Nursery Co., LLC Wessels Farms GREENHOUSE PLANTSYOUNG PLANTS Barone Gardens CK Greenhouses, Inc. FAF Growers - Five Acre Farm J.P. Bartlett Co., Inc. Vis Seed Co. Inc. Wessels Farms GREENHOUSES AND SUPPLIES AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service Adirondack Chandler Advancing Alternatives, Inc. Anderson Die & Manufacturing A-V International Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioOrganics BioSafe Systems Cool Bot Farm Wholesale Ag Four Seasons Tools GGS Structures, Inc. Good Earth Growers Supply Harnois Industries, Inc. Ludvig Svensson, Inc. Maine Garden Products Nolt’s Produce Supplies Quick Industries, Inc. Roof Basket Works, Inc. W.H. Milikowski, Inc. W.W. Manufacturing Co., Inc. GROUND COVERS Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. Good Earth I & J Manufacturing Ludvig Svensson, Inc. Page Seed Company Vantage Partners HEATING Golden Pacific Structures Sunderman Mfg. Co., Inc. SumDair HYDROPONICS A.M.A. Plastics, Ltd - Al’s Flower Pouch II

A.M.A. Plastics, Ltd - Ellepots A.M.A. Plastics, Ltd - Hydroponics Dyna-Gro Nutrition Solutions NaEx Corp. - Poulenger USA HYDROSEEDING BioOrganics Page Seed Company INSURANCE Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association IRRIGATION Anderson Injectors Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioSafe Systems Discount Hydraulic Hose.Com Growing Systems, Inc. Harnois Industries, Inc. Robert Marvel Plastic Mulch LLC Toro LANDSCAPE PRODUCTS AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioOrganics BioSafe Systems D&H Tree Farm Good Earth JRM Chemical Page Seed Company Quick Industries, Inc. R. N. Johnson, Inc. Root Maker Products Co. Tallman Ladders Inc. TC Landscape Design The Fertrell Co. True Source Enterprises Inc. USA Gypsum W.W. Manufacturing Co., Inc. MULCH PLASTIC Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. Harris Seeds Mechanical Transplanter Co. LLC Page Seed Company Robert Marvel Plastic Mulch LLC MULCH-LANDSCAPE Good Earth Page Seed Company NATIVE PLANTS Babikow Greenhouses Grimes Horticulture TC Landscape Design NURSERY YOUNG PLANTS Awald Farms D&B Plants, LLC FAF Growers - Five Acre Farm Harris Seeds Harris Seeds Needlefast Evergreens Inc. Richey Nursery Co., LLC Vis Seed Co. Inc. NURSERY STOCK - FINISHED Awald Farms Helen and Ed’s Tree Farm Mathisen Tree Farms, LLC Nourse Farms Inc. Wafler Nursery Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association NURSERY SUPPLIES Page Seed Company ORCHARD SUPPLIES AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioOrganics

Find the product category you are interested in on this index and then refer to the expanded company listing on the pages that follow.

I & J Manufacturing Orchard Valley Supply Inc. Paige Equipment Sales & Service Inc. Quick Industries, Inc. Shur Farms Frost Protection Stokes Ladders, Inc. Superior Fruit Equipment Tallman Ladders Inc. Wafler Nursery

PRUNING Fanno Saw Works Orchard Valley Supply Inc. S&H Farm & Vineyard Supply, Inc. Superior Fruit Equipment Tallman Ladders Inc.

ORGANICS Acadian AgriTech Advancing Eco-Agriculture Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioSafe Systems Four Seasons Tools Good Earth Harris Seeds I & J Manufacturing Marrone Bio Innovations NaEx Corp. - Poulenger USA Ohio Earth Food, Inc. Page Seed Company Shur Farms Frost Protection Soil Technologies Corp.

REFRIGERATION Cool Bot KoolJet Refrigeration Inc.

PACKAGING Globe Bag Company, Inc. Grower’s Discount Labels, LLC Page Seed Company ProducePackaging.com Putnam Plastics Inc. Quick Industries, Inc. Rockford Package Supply Inc. Thomas E. Moore, Inc. Weaverline, LLC PEAT MOSS AND GROWING MIXES BioOrganics Good Earth Harris Seeds Nolt’s Produce Supplies Page Seed Company PERENNIALS Babikow Greenhouses FAF Growers - Five Acre Farm Vis Seed Co. Inc. Wessels Farms PLOWS AND CULTIVATORS Discount Hydraulic Hose.Com I & J Manufacturing Kennco Manufacturing, Inc. Lawrence Ag Equipment Roeters Farm Equipment, Inc. W.W. Manufacturing Co., Inc. PEST CONTROL Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. BioSafe Systems Dyna-Gro Nutrition Solutions Harris Seeds Marrone Bio Innovations NaEx Corp. - Poulenger USA Orchard Valley Supply Inc. ORO AGRI Inc. Wayside Fence Co. POTS - CONTAINERS Anderson Die & Manufacturing Harris Seeds Root Maker Products Co. Stuewe and Sons, Inc. Vantage Partners PRODUCE AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service Frontier Technology Inc. I & J Manufacturing Richey Nursery Co., LLC

PUMPKINS AND HALLOWEEN Awald Farms Produce Promotions

SEED-FLOWER Harris Seeds NESEED Olds Garden Seed Page Seed Company Stokes Seeds Inc. Vis Seed Co. Inc. SEED-VEGETABLE Bejo Seeds, Inc. DPSEEDS Gourmet Seed International, LLC Growing Systems, Inc. Harris Seeds NESEED Olds Garden Seed Page Seed Company Rupp Seeds, Inc. Stokes Seeds Inc. Vis Seed Co. Inc. SKID STEER Lawrence Ag Equipment Pennsylvania Perlite Corporation SNOW PLOWS Lawrence Ag Equipment SOIL AND COMPOST AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service BioOrganics Emerald Screening and Crushing Four Seasons Tools Good Earth McEnroe Organic Farm Page Seed Company Pennsylvania Perlite Corporation Soil Technologies Corp.

Valfei Products SOIL MIXERS AND BAGGERS Page Seed Company SPECIALTY FOODS Dillman Farm, Inc. Good Earth Granny Blossoms Specialty Foods & Marketing McCutcheon Apple Products, Inc. San Francisco Herb & Natural Food Co. Southern Specialty Foods, LLC Valley Food Specialties, LLC SPRAYERS Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. Crop Care Equipment Jacto, Inc. Kennco Manufacturing, Inc. Paul B Roeters Farm Equipment, Inc. STAKES Bamboo Supply Co. Orchard Valley Supply Inc. TAGS, LABELS & SIGNS Grower’s Discount Labels, LLC Parker Davis Co., Inc.

Research conducted in part at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed that, in some production systems, planting potatoes in flat beds can increase irrigation water use efficiency.

Agricultural Research

Service (ARS) agricultural engineer Bradley King, who works at the ARS Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Laboratory in Kimberly, Idaho, was one of the scientists who led these studies. ARS is USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency,

Hillside Cultivator for excellent weed control between rows of strawberries & vegetables grown on plastic Eco Weeder ideal for removing weeds between plants in the row

and this research supports the USDA commitment to enhancing sustainable agriculture.

When potato production started in Idaho more than 100 years ago, farmers seeded their crops in ridged rows and watered their plants by channeling surface irrigation to flow through the furrows between the rows. Even though most commercial potato producers in the Pacific Northwest now irrigate their crops with sprinklers, they still typically use ridged-row planting systems.

But this planting configuration allows irrigation runoff to collect in the furrow and percolate below the crop root zone.

This means that the water is unavailable to the crops, and can also lead

to increased nitrate leaching from the soil.

King and his partners conducted a series of studies on planting potatoes in flat beds instead of ridged rows. One twoyear study compared ridge-row planting systems, a five-row planting configuration on a raised bed where the plant rows were 26 inches apart, and a seven-row planting configuration on a raised bed where the plant rows were 18 inches apart. Another fiveyear study on approximately 6,900 acres only compared ridged-row systems and five-row raised-bed systems.

The researchers found that using the flat bed system increased yields by an average of 6 percent, even though 5 percent less water was used

ARS research has found that planting potatoes in flat beds instead of ridged rows can improve irrigation efficiency because the configuration allows more water to reach the plant root zone. for irrigation. This meant cause more water reachthat using flat beds in- es the potato roots. stead of ridged rows for These findings, which potato production led to were published this year an overall 12 percent in- in the American Journal Potato Research, crease in irrigation water of use efficiency. The gains could help commercial were attributed to sever- farmers increase yields al factors, especially the and profits, save valuprobability that planting able water resources, reduce nitrate potatoes in flat beds im- and proves water and nitro- leaching. gen use efficiency be-

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TAGS, LABELS & SIGNS Putnam Plastics Inc. Rockford Package Supply Inc.

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TRACTORS Lawrence Ag Equipment Pine Bush Equipment Co., Inc. R. N. Johnson, Inc. Roeters Farm Equipment, Inc.

Hillside Cultivator Co., LLC 717-626-6194

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TRADE SHOWS Empire State Fruit & Vegetable Expo Page Seed Company Penn Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (PANTS) Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association

TRAILERS Advantage Trucks & Salvage, Inc. Carl Neutzel Services Lawrence Ag Equipment Martin’s Farm Trucks Pine Bush Equipment Co., Inc. Roy Teitsworth, Inc. W.W. Manufacturing Co., Inc. TRANSPORTATION Lawrence Ag Equipment TRUCKS Advantage Trucks & Salvage, Inc. Lessord Chrysler Products, Inc. Martin’s Farm Trucks

WEED CONTROL AGRI-SC / D&D Farm Service BDi Machinery Sales, Inc. Berry Hill Irrigation, Inc. I & J Manufacturing ORO AGRI Inc. Page Seed Company Weed Badger

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BUYER’S S GUIDEE COMPANY Y LISTINGS A-1 MIST SPRAYERS RESOURCES, INC. Ponca, NE 68770 Phone: 402-755-4230 AGRI-SC / D&D FARM SERVICE Contact: Doug Wood 2067 Long Hollow Rd. Millerstown, PA 17062 Phone: 717-694-3648 Fax: 717-694-0171 www.agri-sc.com dwood@countryilink.net Agri-SC is a commercial anionic liquid soil amendment that assists in reducing hard pan, water run-off, erosion, crusting and poor root growth. Agri-SC’s unique chemical formulation mixes well, applies easily, is low rate and has been proven in extensive research and successful field results worldwide.

A.M.A. PLASTICS, LTD AL’S FLOWER POUCH II Contact: Lisa Janzen 1367 Oxford Ave. Kingsville, Ontario CN N9Y 2S8 Phone: 519-322-1397, 800-338-1136 Fax: 519-322-1358 www.alsflowerpouch.com ljanzen@amaplas.com Al’s Flower Pouch. A burst of beauty in a bag. Now degradable.

A.M.A. PLASTICS, LTD ELLEPOTS Contact: Lisa Janzen 1367 Oxford Ave. Kingsville, Ontario CN N9Y 2S8 Phone: 519-322-1397, 800-338-1136 Fax: 519-322-1358 www.amasplas.com ljanzen@amaplas.com Ellepots by A.M.A. Fast, healthy rooting for your cuttings. Vegetative, nursery, fruit trees, perennials, grapes and more.

A.M.A. PLASTICS, LTD HYDROPONICS Contact: Lisa Janzen 1367 Oxford Ave. Kingsville, Ontario CN N9Y 2S8 Phone: 519-322-1397, 800-338-1136 Fax: 519-322-1358 www.amaplas.com ljanzen@amaplas.com Hydroponic growing mediums (plugs, blocks, slabs), Stonewool nuggets, Deleco tomato clips & truss supports, Lankhorst twines. Ask us about degradable twines & clips.

ACADIAN AGRITECH Contact: Greg Nichols 30 Brown Ave. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia CN B3B 1X8 Phone: 800-575-9100 Fax: 902-468-3474 www.acadianagritech.com info@acadian.ca Acadian AgriTech is the world’s leading supplier of crop input products derived exclusively from Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed. With over three decades of scientifically proven results, Acadian understands and addresses grower needs to ensure the production of healthy, productive plants.

ADIRONDACK CHANDLER Contact: Kim Meade 21 Cooper St. Glens Falls, NY 12801 Phone: 518-798-1800 Fax: 518-824-5739 www.adkchandler.com info@adkchandler.com Scented and unscented hand dipped, smokeless, dripless taper candles, tealights, votives and more. Waxes include True Bayberry, Beeswax, Paraffin, Palm Wax, Soy. Other items including reed diffusers, firestarters, etc. Display racks and private labeling available.

No minimum.

ADVANCED BIOFUELS USA Frederick, MD 21701 Phone: 301-644-1395

ADVANCING ALTERNATIVES, INC. 717 Schuylkill Mountain Rd. Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972 Phone: 570-739-1034, 877-546-2257 Fax: 570-739-1258 www.advancingalternatives.com Providing natural ventilation for straight sided and ground to ground structures with our innovative Roll up/Lock Down Curtain Systems. Offering a wide range and variety of parts and supplies for growers and the greenhouse industry.

ADVANCING ECOAGRICULTURE Contact: Dave Kunkle 2827 Swain Hill Rd. Swain, NY 14884 Phone: 585-476-2262 (office) 585-734-4677 (mobile) Fax: 585-476-2604 www.agri-dynamics.com

gpakunkle@frontiernet.net Advancing Eco-Agriculture provides services to the agriculture/horticulture community such as consulting and specialty nutritional services the primary focus being applications in irrigation systems and foliar applications. AEA manufactures superior liquid mineral chelates and plant stimulates, both organic or biological.

ADVANTAGE TRUCKS & SALVAGE, INC. Contact: Joe Stearns 933 Ransom Rd. Lancaster, NY 14086 Phone: 716-685-6757 Fax: 716-685-6272 www.advantagetrucks.com joe@advantagetrucks.com AGRI OF VIRGINIA, INC. Broadway, VA 22815 Phone: 540-896-6378

ANDERSON DIE & MANUFACTURING Contact: Rick Anderson 2425 S.E. Moores St. Portland, OR 97222 Phone: 866-950-POTS (5629) Fax: 503-654-5655 www.andersonpots.com info@andersonpots.com World famous Anderson pots for nursery and greenhouse use.

Anderson bands, polycans, flats and biodegradable Eco Choice pots.

ANDERSON INJECTORS 2100 Anderson Dr., P.O. Box 1006 Muskogee, OK 74403 Phone: 800-331-9620 Fax: 918-682-3342 www.heanderson.com sales@heanderson.com Offering a wide range of chemical injection systems that will provide many years of accurate and dependable service. Large and small systems. Acid and fertilizer injection as well as many other chemicals. Since 1956.

AUCTIONEER PHIL JACQUIER, INC. Southwick, MA 01077 Phone: 413-569-6421 A-V INTERNATIONAL Contact: Jim Showalter P.O. Box 336, 401 Broadway Ave. Broadway, VA 22815 Phone: 540-896-6378 Fax: 540-896-7079 www.a-vinternational.com agriavint@aol.com A-V Lifetime Bench Systems utilize fiberglass frames with polypropylene bench tops.

Benches available in single tier, multi-tier display and rolling de-

signs. Bench tops may be purchased separately: 18” x 36” and 24” x 48” available.

glass stakes. Bamboo and Coco square hanging baskets.

Bamboo plant tag holders.

AWALD FARMS Contact: Edward Awald 2195 Shirley Rd. North Collins, NY 14111 Phone: 716-337-3162 Fax: 716-337-3600 www.awaldfarms.com awaldfarm@aol.com Awald Farms grows and sells quality red, black and purple raspberry plants as well as blackberry plants and grapevines. Call us to receive a catalog.

BARONE GARDENS Contact: John Barone 6200 South Bay Rd. Cicero, NY 13039 Phone: 315-699-4724 Fax: 315-699-2081 www.bgardens.com jb@bgardens.com High quality liner producer of the complete line of the Suntory collection and Ecke/Oglevee plant material. Also producers of Yoder & Grolink mum liners.

Supplier of full line of spring finished plants.

BABIKOW GREENHOUSES Baltimore, MD 21237 Phone: 800-835-7617 BAMBI’S NURSERY Silverton, OR 97381 Phone: 503-873-6774 BAMBOO SUPPLY CO. Contact: Ron Reycraft P.O. Box 5433 Lakeland, FL 33807 Phone: 800-568-9087 Fax: 866-211-6131 www.bamboosupply.com ron@bamboosupply.net Bamboo stakes, poles and fencing. Staking supplies. Fiber-

BARTLETT BENCH & WIRE, INC. Friendship, ME 4547 Phone: 207-354-0158 BDI MACHINERY SALES, INC. Contact: Bill Reiss 430 E. Main St. Macungie, PA 18062 Phone: 800-808-0454 Fax: 610-965-2959 www.bdimachinery.net buydirect@bdimachinery.net Imports and manufactures specialty farm equipment not available from local farm stores.

Supplying vineyard, nursery, or-

chard and vegetable growers.

Complete catalog online.

BEJO SEEDS, INC. Contact: Jeff Trickett 1972 Silver Spur Place Oceano, CA 93445 Phone: 805-473-2199 Fax: 805-473-0897 www.bejoseeds.com j.trickett@bejoseeds.com Bejo, a name that stands for quality.... Our focus is quality, market specific vegetable seed.

As part of a worldwide Bejo team, we engage in breeding, seed production, marketing, sales, trials, product development and customer support.

108 Hinsdale Road - Route 63 Northfield, MA 01360 Tel. 1-800-221-2049 Fax 1-413-498-2051 www.FAFGrowers.com Our 2012 Annual Plug & Rooted Liner Catalog has been mailed out.

Now is the perfect time to place your order for your Spring Plantings.

We offer an extensive selection including: Wave Petunias, 1st Year Blooming Perennials, Vegetable Starts, Calibrachoa, Ivy & Zonal Geraniums and Dahlias.

Orders received by December 1 will receive a 3% discount Now taking orders for Prefinished Hanging Baskets and Potted Crops for Spring 2012.

Call for Product List and Pricing.

New for 2012 Trixi 2.0 Multiliners, MiniFamous Calibrachoa, 3D Osteospermum, Begonia Bonfire, Lobelia Magadi, Lobularia Silver Stream

BERRY HILL IRRIGATION, INC. Contact: Trey Snead 3744 Highway 58 Buffalo Junction, VA 24529 Phone: 800-345-3747 Fax: 434-374-0131 www.berryhilldrip.com trey@berryhilldrip.com Drip irrigation for commercial growers and hobby farmers. We sell and stock T-Tape, Toro Aquatraxx, Blue-Stripe Poly, diesel and electric pumps, mulch laying equipment, plastic mulch, vineyard supplies and more. Free catalog.

BIOORGANICS Contact: Don Chapman P.O. Box 5326 Palm Springs, CA 92263 Phone: 888-332-7676 Fax: 760-322-0146 www.bio-organics.com moreinfo@bio-organics.com BioOrganics offers mycorrhizae inoculants for all types of growing situations - nurseries, farms, orchards, landscaping or home gardens. These beneficial fungi boost root uptake of nutrients and water and create extremely vigorous plants with minimal fertilization.

BIOSAFE SYSTEMS Contact: Mike Larose 22 Meadow St. East Hartford, CT 06108 Phone: 888-273-3088 Fax: 860-290-8802 www.biosafesystems.com mlarose@biosafesystems.com BioSafe Systems offers bactericides, fungicides, algaecides, microbiocides and sanitizers to protect growing crops, water, nursery stock, greenhouse material and harvesting produce.

BOND MANUFACTURING COMPANY Antoch, CA 94509 Phone: 800-359-8665 BROOKDALE FRUIT FARM Hollis, NH 03049 Phone: 603-465-2241 ext. 3 CARL NEUTZEL SERVICES Contact: Carl Neutzel 2648 Openshaw Rd. White Hall, MD 21161 Phone: 410-329-6791 Fax: 410-357-4175 www.carlneutzel.com cwneutzel@verizon.net Carl Neutzel Services sells and services quality machinery for productive forestry. Splitters, processors, loaders, trailers, Mericrusher, Logrite tools and Gransfors Bruks axes.

CHRISTMAS FARMS Contact: Bryan Blundell 2289 Orton Rd. East Hardwick, VT 05836 Phone: 802-533-2930 www.christmastreesvt.com bblundell@hughes.net Growers of Fraser fir and Fraser balsam cross. 50 years in the business of growing the very

CK GREENHOUSES, INC. Contact: Randy Brown 200 Schoolhouse Rd. Cheshire, CT 06410 Phone: 800-773-1694 Fax: 888-573-0569 www.ckgreenhouses.com randy@ckgreenhouses.com We offer young plants as cuttings and prefinished pots, propagating varieties from Selecta First Class, Suntory, Danziger and others. We deliver by grower truck to many parts of New England, NY, NJ and PA. COOL BOT P.O. Box 96 Gardiner, NY 12525 Phone: 888-871-5723 www.storeitcold.com info@storeitcold.com CoolBot converts a standard window air conditioner to run a walk-in cooler down to 34 degrees. Thousands sold to farmers, flourists and hunters.

CROP CARE EQUIPMENT Contact: Eric Burkholder 50 Wood Corner Rd. Lititz, PA 17543 Phone: 717-738-7365 Fax: 717-738-7369 www.CropCareEquipment.com info@cropcareequipment.com CropCare’s dealer network carries high pressure produce sprayers from 110 to 500 gallons, shielded sprayers for between row applications, smaller sprayers from 25-60 gallons and other produce equipment such as our innovative Picking Assistant and plastic mulch lifter wrap.

D&B PLANTS, LLC Contact: Bob Kuszmaul 27550 School Section Rd. Richmond, MI 48062 Phone: 810-392-3393 Fax: 810-392-3397 DandBplants.com info@DandBplants.com For over 25 years, we have produced vigorous starter plant material that is well branched and thoroughly rooted. Our product line includes flowering shrubs, conifers, evergreens and 2-3 year grafts. Licensed grower of several woody ornamental lines including Proven Winners.

D&H TREE FARM Contact: Angie Deliman P.O. Box 11 Kylertown, PA 16847 Phone: 814-345-5055 dandhtreefarm.com mrtree@dotmc.net We are a grower of quality Christmas trees and landscaping evergreens. Pines, Spruce and fir, also Arborvitae and Hemlock. Wholesale Scotch

pine and Douglas fir ready for fall 2011. Located in central PA, 10 min. for I-80 exit 133.

con Solution reduces environmental stresses such as heat, cold and drought.

DEER RUN GREENERY, INC. Contact: Mike McMahon P.O. Box 743 Graham, WA 98338 Phone: 866-706-9865 Fax: 360-893-2269 www.christmaswreathsales.com cwreath@centurytel.net Produces fresh Christmas wreaths, garlands, cut greens and pine cones for garden centers and fundraising groups throughout the United States and Canada.

EMERALD SCREENING AND CRUSHING Contact: Keith Kimmerle 125 S. Pioneer Ave. Trucksville, PA 18708 Phone: 570-971-4520 Fax: 570-696-2519 www.emeraldscreening.com mobilescreen31@aol.com Distributor for Powerscreen screening plants, trommel screens and box screens.

Catering to topsoil, compost and mulch producers. Rentals, sales, parts and service.

DEGRANDCHAMP FARMS, INC. South Haven, MI 49090 Phone: 888-483-7431

DILLMAN FARM, INC. Contact: Cary Sillman 4955 W. St. Rd. 45 Bloomington, IN 47403 Phone: 812-825-5525, 800-359-1362 Fax: 812-825-4650 www.dillmanfarm.com carydillman@dillmanfarm.com Manufacturer of all natural apple butter, fruit butters, fruit preserves, salsas, mustards, sucrose free spreads and hot apple products. Private labeling available.

DISCOUNT HYDRAULIC HOSE.COM Philadelphia, PA 19124 Phone: 215-744-2828 Fax: 215-744-1045 rfrye@discounthydraulichose.com DOSATRON INTERNATIONAL INC. Clearwater, FL 33765 Phone: 800-523-8499

DPSEEDS Contact: Yvonne Higgins 8269 S. Hwy. 95 Yuma, AZ 85365 Phone: 928-341-8494 www.dpseeds.com info@dpseeds.com Committed to providing the highest quality seed from around the world. We are a hybrid vegetable seed company dedicated to providing seeds of the highest quality to commercial vegetable growers worldwide.

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DYNA-GRO NUTRITION SOLUTIONS 2775 Giant Rd. Richmond, CA 94806 Phone: 800-396-2476 Fax: 510-233-0198 www.dyna-gro.com info@dyna-gro.com Dyna-Gro manufactures a complete line of superior plant nutrient solutions containing all 16 essential minerals. Great for use in any medium, from soil to hydroponics. Pro-TeKt The Sili-

EMPIRE STATE FRUIT & VEGETABLE EXPO Contact: Jeanette Marvin P.O. Box 267 Macedon, NY 14502 Phone: 315-986-9320 Fax: 315-986-8534 jmarvin@rochester.rr.com New York State trade show for the fruit and vegetable growers and marketers. Education and trade show January 24, 25 & 26, 2012 in Syracuse, NY. FAF GROWERS - FIVE ACRE FARM Contact: Cindy Drumgool 108 Hinsdale Rd. Northfield, MA 01360 Phone: 800-221-2049 Fax: 413-498-2051 www.fafgrowers.com fafgrowers@verizon.net Wholesale grower of Annual plugs, rooted liners, prefinished and finished plants. We offer Trixi multiliners, Geraniums, Wave Petunias, Calibrachoa, Gerbera Dairy, Herbs, Vegetables and Perennials.

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FOUR SEASONS TOOLS 9615 Grandview Rd. Kansas City, MO 64137 Phone: 816-444-7330 www.smallfarmtools.com info@smallfarmtools.com Four Season Tools builds year round organic vegetable farms.

We’ve developed and offer efficient systems for small scale food production. We offer farm consultation, season extending movable greenhouses and uniquely designed farm implements to increase the flexibility and economic viability of your farm.

FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY INC. Allegan, MI 49010 Phone: 269-673-9464 GGS STRUCTURES, INC. Vineland Station, Ontario CN L0R 2E0 Phone: 905-562-7341 GLOBE BAG COMPANY, INC. 39 Commerce Way Woburn, MA 01801 Phone: 800-892-2014 Fax: 781-935-8525 www.globebag.com info@globebag.com Family owned and operated providing quality produce packaging and timely service to farms, orchards and farm markets for wholesale and retail sales. Visit our Web site, if you don’t find what you’re looking for, call.

FANNO SAW WORKS Chico, CA 95927 Phone: 530-895-1262

FARM WHOLESALE AG Contact: Phil Edmunds 3740 Brooklake Rd. NE Salem, OR 97303 Phone: 877-234-1595 Fax: 503-393-3119 www.farmwholesaleag.com info@farmwholesale.com Featuring corrugated plastic Solexx greenhouse coverings, tree guards, grow tubes and harvesting and shipping totes.

FLORASEARCH, INC. 1740 Lake Markham Rd. Sanford, FL 32771 Phone: 407-320-8177 Fax: 407-320-8083 www.florasearch.com search@florasearch.com Key employee search firm serv-

GOLDEN PACIFIC STRUCTURES Contact: Gary Baze 313 Jesse Way Redlands, CA 92374 Phone: 909-389-7613 Fax: 513-242-0816 gpstructures.com gbaze@gpstructures.com Quality greenhouse structures and related products including stand alone cold frames, economical gutter connect ranges plus a full variety of coverings, doors, environmental controls systems including fresh air vents, exhaust fans, heat, shade systems and benching solutions.

GOOD EARTH Contact: Monika Vatenos 5950 Broadway Lancaster, NY 14086 Phone: 716-684-8111 Fax: 716-684-3722 www.goodearth.org m.vatenos@goodearth.org Producer of quality bark and peat moss mixes for commercial growers - in bulk, bags and compressed bales. Supplying retailers with peat moss, organic potting/specialty soils, plant foods, soil, conditioners, barks/mulches, soil covers, ice/snow melters, etc. - for over 70 years.

GOURMET SEED INTERNATIONAL, LLC Tatum, NM 88267 Phone: 575-398-6111 GRANNY BLOSSOMS SPECIALTY FOODS & MARKETING West Pawlet, VT 05775 Phone: 806-639-1515 GRIMES HORTICULTURE Concord, OH 44077 Phone: 440-352-6600 GROWER’S DISCOUNT LABELS, LLC Tunnel, NY 13848 Phone: 800-693-1572 GROWERS SUPPLY Dyersville, IA 52040 Phone: 800-476-9715 GROWING SYSTEMS, INC. Contact: Dana V. Cable, Sr., President 2950 N. Weil St. Milwaukee, WI 53212 Phone: 414-263-3131 Fax: 414-263-2454 www.growingsystemsinc.com info@growingsystemsinc.com Manufacturers of plastic propagation trays, Vandana tubeless seeder, convertible tube seeder, convertible plug dislodger, dual rail traveling irrigator, boomless mono-rail irrigator, mono-rail trolley carts, spring lock poly fastener, channel and wire.

HAINES EQUIPMENT, INC. 20 Carrington St., P.O. Box I Avoca, NY 14809 Phone: 607-566-2234 Fax: 607-566-2240 www.hainesequipment.com hainesinc@aol.com Manufacturer of agricultural equipment for over 60 years, specializing in fruit and vegetable equipment. Baggers, conveyors, box filler and movers, brushers, buckets, hoppers, loaders, graders, flumes, sizers, water pumps and washers.

HARNOIS INDUSTRIES, INC. St. Thomas, Quebec CN J0K 3L0 Phone: 888-427-6647

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full, finely tapered wholesale Christmas trees for the retail market. All grades available, but the premium tree is our bread and butter.

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BUYER’S S GUIDEE COMPANY Y LISTINGS HARRIS SEEDS Contact: Richard Chamberlin 355 Paul Rd., PO Box 24966 Rochester, NY 14624-0966 Phone: 585-935-7015 Fax: 585-259-3609 www.harrisseeds.com rchamberlin@harrisseeds.com Full line vegetable and flower seed distributor. Plugs and liners, growing supplies, organic and untreated seeds. Serving professional growers for 130 years.

HELEN AND ED’S TREE FARM Contact: Ed Myslowski 3758 Saint Mary’s Rd. Wapwallopen, PA 18660 Phone: 570-498-6209 Fax: 570-868-6252 ww.helenandedstreefarm.com nursery@epix.net Growing and selling a variety of evergreen and deciduous trees on a 220 acre farm in Mid Eastern PA. Five miles from interstates 80 and 81. Norway, Colorado and Serbian Spruce, White Pine, Hemlock 5-10’, Maples, Dogwoods, etc.

HILLSIDE ORCHARD FARMS INC. Contact: Lynn McDaniel 105 Mitcham Cir. Tiger, GA 30576 Phone: 706-782-4995 Fax: 706-782-7848 www.hillsideorchard.com We are a manufacturing facility which processes over 600 jams, ciders, pickles, relishes, etc. We also offer private label and contract packaging.

I & J MANUFACTURING 5302 Amish Rd. Gap, PA 17527 Phone: 717-442-9451 Manufacturing row crop cultivators, cover crop rollers, sickle bar mowers (plug free), rotary rakes, horse drawn machinery, etc.

J.P. BARTLETT CO., INC. Sudbury, MO 01776 Phone: 978-443-8851

JACTO, INC. Contact: Dan Shumaker 19217 SW 119th Ave. Tualatin, OR 97062 Phone: 800-522-8610 Fax: 503-691-4380 www.Jacto.com info@jacto.com Jacto offers both 3pt and trailed cannon and airblast sprayers as well as backpack sprayers.

With 7 cannon, 10 airblast and 4 models of backpacks, Jacto has the right sprayer for your fruit and vegetable needs.

JRM CHEMICAL Cleveland, OH 44128 Phone: 216-475-8488 KENNCO MANUFACTURING, INC. Ruskin, FL 33575 Phone: 813-645-2591

by enhancing the greenhouse climate. Screen solutions are engineered for the greenhouse to conserve energy, moderate temperature, extremes and fluctuations, control day length and reduce pesticide and herbicide usage.

and gardens. McEnroe Premium Lite growing mix is now OMRI approved.

NOLT’S PRODUCE SUPPLIES Leola, PA 17540 Phone: 717-656-9764

MAINE GARDEN PRODUCTS Friendship, ME 04547 Phone: 877-764-9365 KOOLJET REFRIGERATION INC. Contact: Gene Stampfer 261 Tillson Ave. Tillsonburg, Ontario CN N4G 4G4 Phone: 866-748-7786 Fax: 866-748-7760 www.kooljet.com info@kooljet.com KoolJet designs and builds custom chillers, blast freezers, deep cold freezers, air chillers, process cooling equipment and hydro-coolers for agricultural applications and processes.

KRIEGER’S WHOLESALE NURSERY, INC. P.O. Box 116 Bridgman, MI 49106 Phone: 269-465-5522 Fax: 269-465-4822 www.kriegersnrsery.com Specialized growers of quality small fruit plants including raspberries, grapes, blueberries, gooseberries, currants, jostaberries, asparagus and rhubarb.

L & H ENTERPRISES Lowgap, NC 27024 Phone: 336-352-4048 LAWRENCE AG EQUIPMENT Contact: Nick Craig 357 Simmons Dr. Cloverdale, VA 24077 Phone: 540-588-2539 Fax: 540-966-6425 www.lawrenceequipment.net ncraig@lawrenceequipment.net Case agricultural and construction equipment - sales, parts and service. Woods Equipment dealer. VA locations: Roanoke/Cloverdale - Waynesboro, Bridgewater, Ashland and Richmond.

LESSORD CHRYSLER PRODUCTS, INC. Sodus, NY 14551 Phone: 315-483-6916 Fax: 315-483-2256

LUDVIG SVENSSON, INC. Contact: Kurt Parbst 535 Griffith Rd. Charlotte, NC 28217 Phone: 704-357-0457 Fax: 704-357-0460 www.svenssonglobal.com sales@svenssonamerias.com Svensson screens are designed to improve the success of professional greenhouse growers

MAIZE QUEST CORN MAZES & ATTRACTIONS Contact: Hugh McPherson 251 E. Maple Lawn Rd. New Park, PA 17352 Phone: 717-382-4878 Fax: 717-685-3682 www.mazecatalog.com hughmc@cornmaze.com Maize Quest creates corn mazes, games for mazes, maze attractions and hayride audio systems to make your fall harvest season memorable for your guests and easier for you to manage. Call now to learn more.

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS Davis, CA 95618 MARTIN’S FARM TRUCKS Moravia, NY 13118 Phone: 888-497-0310 MATHISEN TREE FARMS, LLC Greenville, MI 48838 Phone: 616-754-3200

MCCUTCHEON APPLE PRODUCTS, INC. Contact: Wholesale Sales 13 S. Wisner St., P.O. Box 243 Frederick, MD 21705 Phone: 800-888-7537 www.mccutcheons.com info@mccutcheons.com Complete selection of home recipe Apple Butter, preserves, pickles, relishes, ciders and juices, chips, honey and more.

Perfect for farm market, garden center or country store. Private labeling available. Fast selling High quality - Shelf stable.

MCENROE ORGANIC FARM Contact: Valerie 194 Coleman Station Rd. Millerton, NY 12546 Phone: 518-789-3252 Fax: 518-789-6537 www.mcenroeorganicfarm.com moohill@aol.com McEnroe Organic Soils are made from all natural ingredients. Our soils are excellent for vegetable, flowers, herbs and nursery stock. They can universally be used for flats, containers

NOLT’S MIDWEST PRODUCE SUPPLIES Charles City, IA 50616 Phone: 641-228-4496

NORTHWOODS NURSERY Molalla, OR 97038 Phone: 503-651-3737 MECHANICAL TRANSPLANTER CO. LLC Contact: Dan Timmer 1150 Central Ave. Holland, MI 49423 Phone: 800-757-5268 Fax: 616-396-3619 www.mechanicaltransplanter.com mtc@egl.net Mechanical Transplanter Co. is the leading U.S. manufacturer of transplanting equipment. We also have the most complete line of plastic mulch equipment.

PAIGE EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE INC. E. Williamson, NY 14449 Phone: 315-589-6651 NAEX CORP. - POULENGER USA Contact: Don Taylor P.O. Box 421177 Houston, TX 77242 Phone: 281-879-0932 Fax: 281-879-1081 www.poulengerusa.com, www.poulenger.com info@poulengerusa.com NaEx Corp. is a manufacturer of agricultural inputs including organic fertilizers, nematicides and pesticides. Also offering wetting agents, surfactants, biostimulants, salt damage prevention products and moisture management.

NEEDLEFAST EVERGREENS INC. Ludington, MI 49431 Phone: 231-843-8524

NESEED Contact: Maureen 3580 Main St. Hartford, CT 06120 Phone: 800-825-5477 www.neseed.com feedback@neseed.com Vegetable, flower and herb seed store for commercial and home growers. Seeds available in bulk and packets. Order by Phone: or online. Request our free catalog online. Flat rate shipping, free USA seed shipping over $99.99, 10% discount over $999.99.

NOURSE FARMS INC. Contact: Nate Nourse 41 River Rd. South Deerfield, MA 01373 Phone: 413-665-2658 Fax: 413-665-7888 www.noursefarms.com info@noursefarms.com We have made our variety listings & descriptions available for you to review on our Web site.

Free catalog and strawberry plasticulture guide available.

O.A. NEWTON Bridgeville, DE 19933 Phone: 800-726-5745 OESCO, INC. Conway, MA 01341 Phone: 800-634-5557 OHIO EARTH FOOD, INC. Hartville, OH 44632 Phone: 330-877-9356 OLDS GARDEN SEED Madison, WI 53704 Phone: 800-949-5017 O’NEILL ASSOCIATES Victor, NY 14564 Phone: 800-724-3145 ORCHARD VALLEY SUPPLY INC. Harrisburg, NC Phone: 888-755-0098 www.orchardvalleysupply.com info@orchardvalleysupply.com America’s choice for vineyards, wineries, orchards and nurseries. Supplies for trellising, training, wildlife control, harvesting and so much more.

ORO AGRI INC. Roanoke, TX 76262 Phone: 817-491-2057

PAGE SEED COMPANY 1A Green St. Greene, NY 13778 Phone: 607-656-4107 Fax: 607-656-5316 www.pageseed.com Retail, wholesale, bulk & packaged flower & vegetable seeds, ag & farm products such as grains, silage corn, grass, turf &

landscape support - fertilizers, mulch, fabrics, nursery stock, bulbs, etc.

PAIGE EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE INC. E. Williamson, NY 14449 Phone: 315-589-6651 PARKER BARK CO., INC. Rose Hill, NC 28458 Phone: 910-289-3672 PARKER DAVIS CO., INC. Contact: Roman Davis 2310 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28206 Phone: 800-438-0387 Fax: 704-375-9116 www.parkerdavis.com sales@parkerdavis.com StepStakes®: Our patented line of galvanized steelmarker stakes come in 5 lengths along with a variety of corrugated plastic card sizes and colors.

You can write on the cards with any permanent marker or use them with any labeling.

PAUL B Contact: Kory Mussor 50 Wood Corner Rd. Lititz, PA 17543 Phone: 717-738-7350 Fax: 717-738-2360 www.paulbagriculture.com info@paulbagriculture.com Paul B’s new sprayer parts Web site and print catalog carries everything from nozzles and foam components, fittings, valves, couplers, strainers and other accessories. We’ll help you keep your sprayer at its most efficient operating ability.

PENN ATLANTIC NURSERY TRADE SHOW (PANTS) Contact: Sally O’Shea 1707 South Cameron St. Harrisburg, PA 17104 Phone: 717-238-6304 Fax: 717-238-1675 www.PANTSHOW.com soshea@PLNA.com PANTS is a trade show for nurseries, greenhouse growers, independent garden centers and landscape contractors. PANTS is an association produced event by PLNA. Join us July 31 - August 2, 2012 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Williamsport, PA 17701 Phone: 800-367-9222 PENNSYLVANIA PERLITE CORPORATION Contact: Jose Abud 1428 Mauch Chunk Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18018 Phone: 610-868-0992 Fax: 610-868-7609 www.pennperlite.com email@pennperlite.com Horticultural Perlite manufacturer.

Orchard Perlite grade. Vermiculture distributor.

PINE BUSH EQUIPMENT CO., INC. Pine Bush, NY 12566 Phone: 845-878-4004

PRODUCE PROMOTIONS Contact: Karla Wise 2811 U.S. 31 Plymouth, IN 46563 Phone: 888-575-4090 or 574-784-2188 Fax: 574-784-2468 www.producepromotions.com superbservice@mchsi.com Eye catching preprinted signage to help bring the customers to your farm market! We offer many designs in 10-foot feather flags, 3x8-foot banners, slipover poly marketeers, road signs, postcards, balloons, so much more!

PRODUCEPACKAGING.COM Contact: Cindy Zuhlke P.O. Box 609 Bangor, PA 18013-0609 Phone: 610-588-7992 Fax: 610-588-6245 www.producepackaging.com cindy@producepackaging.com Keeping it Green - Made of recycled PETE. Earth friendly packaging in a variety of sizes and styles. Clamshells: pints, quarts, half pints, 3 and 4 packs, utility packs, lettuce crispers. Trays, 10 and 15 pound box liners, corrugated, soaker pads.

PUTNAM PLASTICS INC. 255 So. Alex Rd. West Carrollton, OH 45449 Phone: 800-457-3099 Fax: 937-866-9365 www.putnamfarm.como packaging@putnamfarm.com Roadside and farm market packaging solutions for any season.

QUICK INDUSTRIES, INC. 2728 Erie Dr. Weedsport, NY 13166 Phone: 800-356-7354 Fax: 315-834-9220 www.quickstring.com sales@quickstring.com Quick String is a time saving string dispenser that can clip to your belt or wall and allow you to dispense and cut with one hand. The tub will hold the twine, string or plastic tying ribbon in half pound balls, spools or rolls.

R. N. JOHNSON, INC. Walpole, NH 03608 Phone: 603-756-3321 RANDALL TOOL & MANUFACTURING Jenison, MI 49428 Phone: 616-669-1260

RICHEY NURSERY CO., LLC Contact: Mark Richey 6184 Quarterline Rd. Spring Lake, MI 49456 Phone: 800-798-4079 Fax: 231-798-4079 www.ShrubLiners.com info@richeynursery.com Propagators and growers of prefinished pot grown liners of flowering shrubs, broadleaf evergreens and herbs. See our Web site for more info.

ROBERT MARVEL PLASTIC MULCH LLC Contact: Tara Marvel 2425 Horseshoe Pike Annville, PA 17003 Phone: 717-838-0976, 800-478-2214 Fax: 717-838-0978 www.robertmarvel.com info@robertmarvel.com Your source for all your plastic mulch and drip line needs. Call for your free catalog or visit our Web site for more information.

ROCKFORD PACKAGE SUPPLY INC. Contact: Lynn Drown 10421 Northland Dr. N.E. Rockford, MI 49341 Phone: 616-866-0143, 800-444-7225 Fax: 616-266-4921 www.rockfordpack.com ldrown@rockfordpack.com Farm market and produce packaging cartons, bags, banners, labels, agritainment supplies.

ROOT MAKER PRODUCTS CO. Contact: Guy Hinton P.O. Box 14553 Huntsville, AL 35815 Phone: 256-882-3199 Fax: 256-882-0423 www.rootmaker.com sales@rootmaker.com ROY TEITSWORTH, INC. Geneseo, NY 14454 Phone: 585-243-1563

RUPP SEEDS, INC. 17919 Co. Rd. B Wauseon, OH 43567 Phone: 800-700-1199 Fax: 419-337-5491 www.ruppseeds.com feedback@ruppseeds.com From asparagus to zucchini with everything in between for professional growers of any size and with over 1,100 vegetable varieties from all the major vegetable breeders. Rupp Seeds is uniquely able to help farm families feed their friends and neighbors at home and around the world.

S&H FARM & VINEYARD SUPPLY, INC. Yadkinsville, NC 27055 Phone: 336-679-6244 SAN FRANCISCO HERB & NATURAL FOOD CO. Fremont, CA 94538 Phone: 800-227-2830 SCHAEFER VENTILATION EQUIPMENT Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 Phone: 800-779-3267

ROETERS FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. Contact: Mark or Tim Roeters 565 E. 120th St. Grant, MI 49327 Phone: 231-834-7888 Fax: 231-834-8655 www.roetersfarmequipment.com roeters.eq@att.net Specializing in new and used vegetable equipment. From soil preparation, planting, cultivating, harvesting and packing line equipment.

ROGAN INC. Contact: Rick Rogan 400 S. Devils Glen Rd. Bettendorf, IA 52722 Phone: 563-355-2647 Fax: 563-355-8333 www.roganinc.com rick@roganinc.com Scales and material handling products. Visit our Web site or call to receive special pricing for Country Folks Grower’s readers.

ROOF BASKET WORKS, INC. Lexington, SC 29072 Phone: 800-368-8425

SCHUSTER FARM, INC. 312 Nickleville Kahle Lake Rd. Emlenton, PA 16373 schufarm@cescowildblue.com Farm fresh garlic and custom made planting/harvesting machines.

SEED E-Z SEEDER, INC. Contact: Marlynn Tesch 1640 15th St. Banaboo, WI 53913 Phone: 800-448-9371 Fax: 608-355-2097 www.sezsdr.com tesch@sezsdr.com Greenhouse equipment, seeders, dibble boards, plug poppers, germination chambers. Labor and time savers. Easy to use.

SHUR FARMS FROST PROTECTION 1890 N. 8th St. Colton, CA 92324 Phone: 877-842-9688 Fax: 909-825-2611 www.shurfarms.com info@shurfarms.com The powerful Shur Farms Cold Air Drain is the most fuel efficient, quiet and cost effective

method of active frost protection for trees and vines. A computerized frost analysis is available at no charge!

SILVER MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS TREES Contact: Joan Merrell 4672 Drift Creek Rd. SE Sublimity, OR 97385 Phone: 503-769-7127 Fax: 503-769-3549 www.silvermtnchristmastrees.com joan@slvermtnchristmastrees.com Noble fir, Douglas fir, Grand fir, Nordman fir Christmas trees.

Wholesale quantities or individual boxed trees. Top quality, fresh from the Northwest.

Wreaths and Garland.

SOIL TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Fairfield, IA 52556 Phone: 641-472-3963 ext. 105 SOUTHERN SPECIALTY FOODS, LLC Contact: Phil Haines 737 Byne Sunshine Rd. Millen, GA 30442 Phone: 706-554-5560 Fax: 877-340-1611 www.southernspecialtyfoods.com phil@southernspecialtyfoods.com We private label jams, pickled items, salsas, dressings, BBQ sauces and whipped honey. We are a small family owned business offering fast turn around and free shipping. No typesetting or printing charges for our standard private label program.

STOKES LADDERS, INC. Contact: Jerry Hook P.O. Box 445 Kelseyville, CA 95451 Phone: 707-279-4306 Fax: 707-279-2232 www.stokesladders.com info@stokesladders.com Manufacturer of top quality professional grade orchard ladders for growers, arborists, landscapers and homeowners.

Made in the USA.

STOKES SEEDS INC. Box 548 Buffalo, NY 14240-0548 Phone: 800-263-7233 Fax: 888-834-3334 www.stokeseeds.com stokes@stokesseeds.com Supplier of high quality vegetable seed since 1881. A sales team of 18 professionals research and evaluate trials year round for the newest and best. Their knowledge assists growers to plant the most productive crop possible.

STUEWE AND SONS, INC. Contact: Eric Stuewe 31933 Rolland Dr. Tangent, OR 97389 Phone: 541-757-7798 Fax: 541-754-6617 www.stuewe.como info@stuewe.com We sell nursery growing containers used for propagating and growing tree seedlings.

SUNDERMAN MFG. CO., INC. SUMDAIR Contact: Paul Sunderman 47143 250th St. Baltic, SD 57003 Phone: 800-843-3312 Fax: 605-529-5469 www.sundermanmfg.com paul@sundermanmfg.com SunDair greenhouse heaters. Oil, LP and natural gas fired. Available with stainless steel heat exchangers. Factory direct or dealers in the Northeast.

SUPERIOR FRUIT EQUIPMENT Contact: Jeff Martin 200 S. Columbia St. Wenatchee, WA 98801 Phone: 509-662-6065 Fax: 509-662-1661 www.sfequip.com sales@sfequip.com Manufacturer of Hickok and Vaca pruning tools and Wells and Wade picking bags and baskets. Distributor of Fanno, ARS, Manzana clippers and Silky saws. Serving the professional fruit industry since 1918.

TALLMAN LADDERS INC. Contact: Bob Tallman 1460 Tucker Rd. Hood River, OR 97031 Phone: 541-386-2733 Fax: 541-386-4862 www.tallmanladders.com tallman@tallmanladders.com Quality built aluminum tripod orchard ladders. Serving fruit growers and homeowners since 1954. Step up to quality, step up to a Tallman!

TASCO DOME Vineland Station, Ontario CN L0R 2E0 Phone: 905-562-7341 TC LANDSCAPE DESIGN Telford, PA 18969 Phone: 610-574-1801 THE FERTRELL CO. Bainbridge, PA 17502 Phone: 717-367-1566 THOMAS E. MOORE, INC. Dover, DE 19903 Phone: 302-674-1500 TOKENSDIRECT Cincinnati, OH 45225 Phone: 800-514-6312

TORO Contact: Bill Wolfram 25108 Custis Neck Rd. Accomac, VA 23301 Phone: 757-710-0320 Fax: 757-787-4433 www.toro.com bill.wolfram.com Advanced irrigation technology for improving yields and conserving precious resources.

TRUE SOURCE ENTERPRISES INC. Contact: David Pratson 7607 Rancho Amigos Rd. N. Bonsall, CA 92003 Phone: 760-545-8163

Fax: 760-749-8310 trueflexkneepads.com truesource@hughes.net TRUELEAF TECHNOLOGIES Cotati, CA 94913 Phone: 707-794-9660 USA GYPSUM Reinholds, PA 17569 Phone: 717-335-0379 VALFEI PRODUCTS Norton, VT 05907 Phone: 800-849-7019 VALLEY FOOD SPECIALTIES, LLC Chatham, NY 12037 Phone: 518-392-6851 VANTAGE PARTNERS Statesville, NC 28625 Phone: 704-871-8700

VIS SEED CO. INC. Contact: Hans J. Vis PO Box 661953, 153 La Porte St. Arcadia, CA 91066 Phone: 626-445-1233 Fax: 626-445-3779 www.visseed.com hvis@visseed.com Specializing in flower, vegetable and herb seeds from around the world. We also are a broker for your plug and liner needs.

Contact: us today for your FREE catalog.

W.H. MILIKOWSKI, INC. Stafford Springs, CT 6076 Phone: 860-684-1595 W.W. MANUFACTURING CO., INC. Contact: Ingrid Hawk 60 Rosenhayn Ave. Bridgeton, NJ 8302 Phone: 856-451-5700 Fax: 856-451-4985 www.wwmfg.com info@wwmfg.com Originators of USA made, professional grade, all steel spades and shovels (King of Spades), rakes (Dura Rake), and assorted tools, carts, trailers for nurseries, landscaping, contractors, forestry, groundskeeping and metal detecting.

WAFLER NURSERY Contact: Bill Pitts or Susan Wafler 10748 Slaght Rd. Wolcott, NY 14590 Phone: 315-594-2399 Fax: 315-594-6829 www.waflenursery.com info@waflenursery.com WALDO & ASSOCIATES INC. Perrysburg, OH 43551 Phone: 800-468-4011

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PIONEER POLE BUILDINGS, INC. Contact: Bob Greene 716 South Route 183 Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972 Phone: 888-448-2505 Fax: 888-448-2515 www.pioneerpolebuildings.com When quality matters, go with the Pioneer! We construct sturdy quality post frame buildings that are planned, designed and built to suit your needs.

Whether you’re planning something residential, commercial, agricultural or equine, go with the Pioneer.

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BUYER’S S GUIDEE COMPANY Y LISTINGS WAYSIDE FENCE CO. Bay Shore, NY 11706 Phone: 800-847-7789 WEAVERLINE, LLC Narvon, PA 17555 Phone: 877-464-1025 WEED BADGER Marion, ND 58466 Phone: 800-437-3392

WELLMASTER CARTS Contact: Doug White P.O. Box 2663 Buffalo, NY 14240-2663 Phone: 800-387-9355 Fax: 519-688-0563 www.wellmaster.ca carts@wellmaster.ca 4WD tracking nursery wagons, Handi-Super dump trailer, transportation carts, 3 tier display units, hexagon and rectangular benches, customer service wagons and carts, tree ball mover.

WESSELS FARMS Contact: Ed Fairweather / Sue Petak 94 Bull Rd. Otisville, NY 10963 Phone: 845-386-5681 Fax: 845-386-8752 www.wesselsfarms.com ed@wesselsfarms.com Supplier of the best plugs, plant-n-ship, finished annuals, hanging baskets, perennials, specialty annuals, summer annuals, fall mums, cuttings, finished and Poinsettas. Delivery or pick up.

WISCONSIN CHRISTMAS TREE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION Contact: Cheryl Nicholson W9833 Hogan Rd., Portage, WI 53901-9279 Phone: 608-742-8663 • Fax: 608-742-8663 www.christmastrees-wi.org info@christmastrees-wi.org Christmas trees, wreaths, nursery stock, supplies and more. Find it all on our Web site or contact us to get a list.

WORKSTEAD INDUSTRIES Greenfield, MA 01302 Phone: 413-772-6816

www.cfgrower.com Leave clippings behind with rear discharge.

• 48” - 90” Cutting Widths • Four wheels with front roller option • Floating 3-point for superior ground hugging capabilities • Side discharge models also available

STANTON EQUIPMENT 105 South Main St. • East Windsor, CT 06088 860-623-8296 • 800-842-8968 Outside CT

HINES EQUIPMENT Old Rte. 22 West • Cresson, PA 16630 814-886-4183

BLACKMOUNT EQUIPMENT, INC. RD 1, Box 19 • North Haverhill, NH 03774 603-787-6311

PIKEVILLE EQUIPMENT, INC. 521 Oysterdale Rd. • Oley, PA 19547 610-987-6277

DESMARAIS EQUIPMENT, INC. Rte. 58, Box 14 • Orleans, VT 802-754-6468

by Lynne Finnerty This year, Labor Day must have seemed a bittersweet celebration to many, with more than 15 million Americans on the unemployment rolls. Farmers and ranchers typically don’t belong to labor unions. They can’t go on strike, because that would mean hungry livestock and potential crop losses. But, here’s one good reason to think of farmers around Labor Day: because agriculture is creating jobs at a time when our nation needs them — badly.

According to a joint USDA-Purdue University report, agriculture will generate an estimated 54,400 job openings each year for the next five years for college graduates with degrees in food, renewable energy and environmental specialties.

USDA on Aug. 31 predicted that our agricultural exports would set a new

record this year at $137 billion. That translates into more than 1 million American jobs, thanks to farmers’ and ranchers’ productivity and high demand for their products around the world. Next year’s ag exports are expected to be equally strong.

If Congress approved the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, we could add nearly $2.5 billion more to the annual export tally, along with 22,500 more jobs. Every $1 billion in agricultural exports supports 9,000 U.S. jobs, according to USDA, including transportation workers, food processors, packers and others.

Another report, released in August by the Battelle Institute, an independent research group, looked at agriculture’s impact on the economy of the productive North-Central U.S. The report values the 12-state region’s agriculture, forestry and value-added

FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE American Farm Bureau Federation products system at $125 billion, supporting 2.4 million jobs. The industry is poised to expand with new markets such as health, specialty crops, biofuels and other biobased products. That opportunity, however, depends on whether the U.S. makes adequate investments going forward in research and development.

Clearly, one way to create jobs is to have a strong agriculture. To make that happen, government should not hamstring farmers and ranchers with unnecessary regulations.

One of our strengths, obviously, is trade. To take advantage of this, we must continue to open foreign markets by negotiating and ratifying trade agreements that eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers.

And, believe it or not, allowing some non-citizens to work on U.S. farms plays

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Avoiding high pressure injection injuries from hydraulic lines

by James Carrabba, Agricultural Safety Specialist, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine & Health There are many dangers present on tractors and farm machinery. In addition to the obvious hazards such as tractor rollovers, tractor runovers, and machinery entanglements, there is another hazard present that farm equipment operators may not always be aware of. That is the danger of high pressure injection injury from a hydraulic line.

Hydraulic systems are found on a lot of agricultural equipment. The hydraulic system lifts implements, changes the position of machinery components, powers hydraulic motors, and many other tasks. To do this, the hydraulic system places the hydraulic fluid under great pressure. In most agricultural equipment, the hydraulic system operates at 2,000 pounds per square inch of pressure or greater. If a pinhole leak should develop in a line or hose, this can be a very dangerous situation. This can also occur with diesel fuel lines.

One of the more common injuries with hydraulic systems is being contacted by fluid forced out of a pinhole leak. A pinhole leak may be fine enough that you cannot see it. The operator may only see an oily spot where the leak is occurring. If they run their hand over the leak while the system is under pressure, the fluid can easily be injected into their skin through the pinhole leak. When this happens, the victim might only feel a stinging sensation and may not be too concerned right away. Usually within a few hours,

the wound will be much worse. Having the hydraulic fluid injected into your body causes a gangrenous type injury.

If injected into the bloodstream it will move rapidly through the body.

This type of injury can become very serious or fatal if not treated promptly.

In many cases hands or limbs had to be amputated because the victim did not obtain medical treatment promptly, or did not receive the proper medical treatment. A doctor who is familiar with treatment of this type of injury must surgically remove the fluid from the victim’s body. If you should ever suffer a hydraulic injection injury, get to an emergency room or trauma center right away and bring the Material Safety Data Sheet for the injected fluid with you.

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by Jan Suszkiw When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren’t pretty: The spuds’ surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have sought a solution in the form of spuds with genetic resistance to the worms, with special attention focused on two wild potatoes from Chile and Bolivia: Solanum berthaultii and S. etuberosum.

Previous studies showed that the wild po-

tatoes resisted Colorado potato beetles and green peach aphids, two very different pests. Given this broadspread resistance, the researchers decided to see how the spuds fared against wireworms, which are the click beetle’s larval stage.

To do this, the researchers crossed germplasm derived from the wild potatoes with a cultivated variety, and then selected 15 top-performing plants from three generations of progeny. Their next step was to plant the progeny lines, called “breeding

clones,” in wireworm-infested field plots and compare the damage they sustained with that seen in flanking rows of Russet Burbank potatoes—some treated with insecticide and some that hadn’t been treated.

The results showed that the resistant clones fared just as well, and in some cases better than, the insecticide-treated Russet Burbank potatoes. The research has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Economic Entomology.

Growers now use organophosphate- and carbamate-based insecticides against wireworms, notes Rich Novy, a plant geneticist with the Agri-

cultural Research Service (ARS) Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research Unit in Aberdeen, Idaho. However, the continued registration of some of these insecticides is uncertain.

Also, the chemicals don’t always eliminate the slender, brownish-orange pests, which can survive beneath the soil for as long as five years before emerging as adults.

The researchers suspect natural compounds called glycoalkaloids may be protecting the breeding clones. Fortunately, the total glycoalkaloid concentrations in many of the resistant clones are well below levels deemed harmful to consumers.

ARS scientists have developed potato lines with the genetic ability to resist wireworms, which feed on the tubers.

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Replace any hydraulic lines that look worn, cracked, or broken; and • Always make sure that replacement hoses are rated for the pressure they will be under.

Share this article with your employees, coworkers or family members.

Make sure everyone who works at your business knows about the dangers of high pressure injection injury. As always, NYCAMH is available to provide safety training at New York farms on hydraulic safety or any other agricultural safety topic. These services are offered at no cost by a grant from the New York State Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board.

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Research helping Northern New York high tunnel growers extend production, sales into fall While consumers are enjoying fresh locallygrown sweet tomatoes and crispy greens from Northern New York’s market gardeners, the growers are drawing on Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP)-supported high tunnel research to extend production and sales into the fall season.

“Each high tunnel grower has his or her

own crop plan and growing conditions.

The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program season extension projects provide regional growers with firsthand and shared experiences to help them achieve maximum efficiency and profitability,” says project co-leader Amy Ivy, director of Cornell Cooperation Extension Clinton County, Plattsburgh, NY.

Regional growers have been applying NNYADP project results on how to graft tomatoes for high tunnel production, how to use seeding date to influence the production of three different greens, and the benefit of regular soil nutrient testing.

Tomatoes are a popular and profitable tunnel crop for fresh market vegetable growers.

“Grafting desirable tomato varieties onto vigorous, disease-resistant rootstock has shown significant results. All four varieties we graft-tested in 2010 outgrew and outproduced the nongrafted plants well into October,” says Cornell University Horticulture Professor H.C. Wien.

Trials with spinach, arugula and lettuce

crops at the Cornell E.V. Baker Research Farm at Willsboro, NY, evaluated different seeding dates: Aug. 21, Sept. 5 and Sept. 30 for spinach, arugula and lettuce. The crops were seeded in a high tunnel, a movable high tunnel, and outdoors with low cover.

“Planting date had a major influence on the productivity of the greens

under all three season extension systems. A two-week difference in planting date reduced the number of harvests by half. The data illustrates the importance of a mid-late August planting to optimize fall-winter greens production under Northern New York growing conditions,” says

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Fresh market grower and poultry producer Beth Spaugh-Barber of Rehoboth Homestead in Peru, NY, participated with the evaluation of foliar nutrient testing. The testing provides valuable information on the level of nutrients in plant leaves during the growth period.

Spaugh says, “Whenever the local and state Cornell Cooperative Extension staff visit the farm as part of a project, they notice things I have ignored and share really helpful ideas that improve our production and bottom line. The trips we made as part of this Northern New York

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Twelve growers attending one of the project’s farmer-to-farmer season extension learning workshops indicated an interest in adding high tunnels to their farms in St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties.

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Scientists point to precarious state of U.S. Pesticide Safety Education Program LAWRENCE, KS — Scientists with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), the American Phytopathological Society (APS) and the Entomological Society of America (ESA) recently expressed concern about the precarious state of the U.S. Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP). Funding for the program has plummeted in recent years and is now in danger of evaporating completely.

As the nation’s primary pesticide applicator training and education program, PSEP is responsible for ensuring the safety of applicators, other workers and the public, for protecting the environment and for providing guidance in the proper use and security of pesticides.

“In addition to certifying applicators and delivering education on the safe use of pesticides, the program today is tasked to provide guidance on a wide range of pesticide-related topics — from avoiding spray drift and minimizing development of pest resistance to protecting endangered species,” says Lee Van Wychen, science policy director for WSSA. Collectively, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are responsible for ensuring that the nation’s pesticide training needs are met. Since 1965, federal funds to support PSEP and its coordinators have been provided annually by EPA through USDA’s Cooperative Extension System. In fiscal year 2000, for example, EPA provided $1.9 million for PSEP, but in fiscal year 2011, EPA funding has been eliminated.

The only remaining source of federal funding for PSEP is $500,000 mandated by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA II), which translates to only $10,000 per state. However, this funding will end in fiscal year 2012 when the statutory authority of PRIA II expires. To compound the problem, most states have significantly reduced their funding for the personnel and basic services needed to support pesticide education through the Cooperative Extension System.

Statistics show close to 900,000 private and commercial applicators holding PSEP certification in 2010, including

more than 100,000 new certifications and more than 225,000 applicators pursuing recertification. In addition, the program has educated more than a million other pesticide users.

“With nearly a 75 percent reduction in federal support for PSEP over the past decade, there is no question that states will not be able to deliver the

same quality of PSEP training or to certify the same number of individuals,” says Carol Ishimaru, APS president.

Earlier today, WSSA released a technical paper on PSEP that addresses its history, goals and funding.

The paper also discusses proposed ideas for ensuring more stable financial resources for PSEP in the future.Examples include:

• Allocating additional dollars from federal and state pesticide product registration fees to cover education on the proper use of pesticides.

• Pursuing grants from pesticide companies, commodity groups, conservation groups and others with an interest in pesticide safety education.

• Changing policies, regulations and statutes to

better support funding.

For example, most states direct fines for improper use of pesticides into their general funds. These dollars would be an especially appropriate source of support for pesticide safety education.

“There is no one solution to the increasingly precarious state of the Pesticide Safety Education Program,” Van

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The WSSA technical paper on pesticide safety education is available on the WSSA Web site: www.wssa.net.

by Gail Lapierre, Vermont AgrAbility Project Outreach Specialist, University of Vermont Extension If your farm fields flooded because of Tropical Storm Irene, you will need to take proper precautions to protect your health as you clean up these fields.

While many crops are complete losses, some will be able to be harvested. However, regardless if the crop is deemed a complete or partial loss, you will still need to work in these fields,

whether chopping for feed or turning under the crop.

I can't imagine that there are any fields that flooded that did not contain septic waste or at least agricultural animal waste. Some may have had chemical or fuel waste.

Besides these possible contaminants, the particulate matter of dust from dried mud and silt left when flood waters receded can cause physical irritation of the lungs and trigger asth-

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Conducting any fieldwork after flooding will likely kick up unusually high amounts of dust.

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ANNAPOLIS, MD — Twenty-three Eastern Shore farmers donated 423,000 pounds of produce to the Maryland Food Bank’s newly launched Farm to Food Bank program between mid-June and mid-September. That amount equates to 325,385 meals — or 81,346 meals for a family of four, according to the Maryland Food Bank.

“Our farmers continue to show that agriculture is not just an industry, but a way of life — one in which there is a strong concern for their neighbors, their land and the future of our state and its citizens,” said Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance. “With a strong agricultural industry, we not only keep land open and productive and people employed, we provide a local food supply for our most vulnerable citizens.”

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Joe Bartenfelder of Bartenfelder Farms in Caroline County said, “You don't grow with the intentions of giving to the Food Bank, but when it's planted and it's grown and there's excess, you want to help people. I'd rather know that people in need get to eat it.”

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Four Wicomico County Maryland Food Bank Partner Youth Program Agencies also received produce from the Food Bank.

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‘Plant Nutrition for Greenhouse Crops’ progam offered AMHERST, MA — All growers of greenhouse crops are invited to the program “Plant Nutrition for Greenhouse Crops.” The program will be held Nov. 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sturbridge Host Hotel, 366 Main St. Sturbridge, MA. This session is for all greenhouse

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Plant nutrition is an important part of growing quality greenhouse crops.

Many plant problems in greenhouses are a result of incorrect plant nutrition

such as high soluble salts, improper pH and nutrient deficiencies. This program will address many aspects of greenhouse plant nutrition.

The program is sponsored by the UMass Extension Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture Program.

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Alternative energy options for cut flower growers Wind turbines, solar panels and wood stoves are becoming common fixtures at nurseries and large bedding plant greenhouses. But what about other growers, particularly smaller field or hoophouse producers? What are their options for reducing inputs and increasing efficiency?

Find out at the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers’ National Confer-

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Monday, Nov. 7 features the first alternative energy workshop specifically designed for cut flower growers.

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Maryland from A21 the community while also learning job skills through work projects. So far, nearly 200,000 pounds of produce have been gleaned from the fields by prisoners.

Harry and Janice Nagel, owners of Hay Jay Acres in Federalsburg, raise chickens and grain, and farm 1,000 acres of cucumbers. They were among the first farmers to allow inmates to glean their fields. The 31,000 pounds of cucumbers that have been gleaned from their farm have all been done by inmates. That amount comes out to 600 bushels, almost a tractor trailer load. “Cucumbers aren't doing any good out there on the ground,” said Janice Nagel. “As long as it’s doing some good, we’re glad to see it go to the

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The Food Bank’s Amy Cawley herself comes from a farm family with deep roots in the state’s agriculture community. She works closely with the USDA’s Farm Service Agency and Maryland Extension offices across the Shore to make contact with local farmers and promote the program.

“This is the first summer of the program and we haven’t had one problem.

It’s been a win for the farmers, a win for the food bank, a win for the prisoners, and a win for all those who are less fortunate,” said Cawley. “We hope the word will get out and more farmers will participate next year.”

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Pre-wound tomato hooks save growers time and allow consistent twine adjustments as the crop develops. Hooks are unwound regularly to allow the crop to drop as the vines grow longer. Installing traditional hooks takes time, particularly due to the “freefall” having to be unwound as the hooks are installed.

With the JS Hook System, from The Netherlands, there is already an unwound freefall so the entire hook hanging process moves quickly and efficiently, automatically dropping exactly the amount of freefall twine specified by the grower.

There are no rubber bands or clips with the JS Hook System, so there is no waste on the ground from these.

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Light at the end of the tunnel for floral businesses PALM SPRINGS, CA — Resilience in the face of ongoing economic pressures and weather woes were among the topics bantered about recently during a lively discussion among floral industry leaders in Palm Springs, CA. Retailer, wholesaler and grower members of the Society of American Florists councils and committees gathered with their respective segment groups to talk about the biggest trends in their markets. The discussions were a precursor to a day and a half of meetings during which SAF volunteer leaders map out SAF programs.

Council chairs summarized the trends at a Sept. 13 luncheon before the start of SAF Palm Springs 2011, the association's 127th Annual Convention. In addition to the state of the economy, immigration, social media marketing and technology tools were among the highlighted trends.

Retail Council Chairman David Boulton, AAF, of Flowers by George in Arlington, WA, said the general consensus among trend luncheon attendees is that everyday business is up for the first time since pre-recession days, as well as wedding work.

Some also mentioned seeing increases in funeral business and event work though they reported mixed news about corporate sales being either up or flat.

Other highlights from retailers: • Retailers appreciate and rely on their local wholesalers who come through on last-minute or special requests.

• Standing orders have, for some, given way to multi-boxed prebooking (seven to 10 days in advance).

• QR codes, or Quick Response codes — those black and white boxes you scan with your smartphone — are “everywhere” and florists are taking notice and joining in.

Several florists mentioned putting the codes on everything from stationery to business cards to delivery vans, bringing customers to various sections of their Web sites.

• Interest in iPads and Square credit card scan-

ners is growing, as a way to conveniently check out customers when you’re not at a conventional register.

• Jury is out on the doit-yourself market; a source of growth for some, but “waning” in interest for others, perhaps due to consumers returning to the fullservice experience.

Wholesalers must be nimble, adaptable and redefine themselves, such as by branching out to sell to nontraditional florists including event planners, said Wholesale Council Chair Eric Levy of Hillcrest Garden Inc. in Paramus, NJ. Other trends and challenges among the wholesale segment: • Describing the last year as a “jobless recovery,” Paul Fowle of Delaware Valley Floral Group in Sewell, NJ, said sales are up, but that many companies have not been able to rehire workers they laid off, leaving remaining staffers with more duties than they can handle.

Surviving without getting some things done is part of the “new normal” conditions under which companies must operate.

• The number of flowers imported from Colombia is down by double-digit percentages each month, said Jim Daly of Floralife Inc. in

Walterboro, SC, because of tariffs and the exchange rate.

• Wholesalers want to balance the risk of offering new and novelty products with the reassurance of pre-booked orders. New offerings appeal to certain clients, they said.

• Although somewhat late to adapt to it, more wholesalers are marketing through Facebook and other social media, as a way to generate orders, not just provide a communication outlet.

Labor and weather joined forces with the economy to dampen growers’ sales, said Growers Council Chair Michelle Castellano of Mellano & Co., in San Luis Rey, CA. Also, according to growers in the trends discussion: • The U.S. labor market continues to tighten, largely due to Congres-

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• A wet, cold spring stymied more than half of the Midwest’s 60-day selling season for bedding plants. In Texas, drought and wildfires devastated landscapers.

But the group acknowledged, “Blaming the weather is the easiest way to avoid changing,” Castellano said, adding that growers realize they must change.

• Growers used the terms “caution” and “just OK,” to describe business, but added they can’t sustain that for more than a year because it’s tough to build a future that way. Problems have extended even to obtaining credit, they said.

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A two-year effort by marketers and growers from the Upstate Growers and Packers Cooperative is finally bearing fruit.

Thanks to the work of the cooperative, which is funded in part by the New York Farm Viability Institute, New York produce, starting this summer, is being featured in 38 BJ’s Wholesale Clubs (BJ’s) statewide as part of the retail chain’s Farm to Club initiative.

Farms from Stephentown in eastern New York to Eden south of Buffalo are supplying produce to BJ’s, which is committing significant floor space to the initiative in an effort to meet cus-

tomers’ demand for quality, locally grown produce.

“I’m very excited about it,” said Tony Emmi of Emmi and Sons Farm in Baldwinsville and Liverpool. “It’s promoting local produce, which is something we should be doing. We grow a lot of crops here in New York State. It’s great to see a company like BJ’s is promoting our product.”

The Upstate Growers cooperative partnered with logistics provider C.H. Robinson Worldwide based in Minnesota to provide New York-grown product to BJ’s and ensure that member farms had adequate product to

keep the shelves stocked.

“It’s had a serious impact on farmers and it shows a really good collaboration with a big retail chain,” said Marty Broccoli, an agricultural economic development specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension who works with the cooperative.

“It’s not easy (for farmers). Growers have to be willing to make the commitment. They’ve been beaten up and dragged around. Those growers who want to continue to grow their farm and their business know they have to do things like this.”

And things like this are possible, in part, because of grant money from the Syracuse-based New York Farm Viability Institute.

A regional sourcing agent from C.H. Robinson said the coordination of the co-op was a critical component in developing this program for BJ’s in New York.

“My experience with Marty’s group has been outstanding,” F. Scott Fein said. “I don’t think we could have done the job we’re doing without these particular growers. Working with Luke George, the general manager of the coop, he’s helped us tremendously.”

And the BJ’s deal is only the beginning.

“We’re doing other projects outside of this Farm to Club,” Fein said.

“Luke and I are working with more than just one project and more than just one retailer.”

BJ’s has launched its Farm to Club in nine states, mostly in the Northeast.

With 38 locations, New York has more BJ’s than any other state, Fein said.

The local produce display features special tables with point-of-sale signage alerting customers to the presence of locally grown cucumbers, green peppers, squash, tomatoes and zucchini.

Many of those customers are already actively seeking those items.

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Besides creating a brand new market for local produce, Farm to Club also allows New York growers to take advantage of the regional retail giant’s distribution network. That replaces a model where farms reach individual agreements with retailers and are responsible for delivery to the store, Fein said.

Central New York’s Emmi said the agreement with BJ’s is helping him save on shipping costs.

“Instead of shipping stuff to New York City or Philadelphia or the Boston market, we’re selling it right here,” he said.

Fein has been working on the project even longer, and he is proud of the results.

“On a personal level, this has been the hardest thing I’ve ever worked with in my life,” he said. “New York State is six hours from one end to the other.

There are a lot of challenges. We were committed to making it work with people like Luke and Marty and the great growers — Emmi, (Baldwinsville’s) Brian Reeves, (Kirkville’s) Jeff Kubecka, (Utica’s) Joe Juliano, all of them. We told them what we were going to do, and they bought into it.

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Fall Hops Conference & Annual NeHA Meeting set Nov. 5 The Fall Hops Conference & Annual Northeast Hop Alliance (NeHA) Meeting will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., at Brown’s Brewing Co., Revolution Room, 417 River Street, Troy, NY. This meeting is a professional level conference for current and prospective hop growers sponsored by USDA / New York State Agriculture & Markets Specialty Crop Block Grant; Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Speaker Grant. Anyone growing hops or interested in growing hops commercially as well as brewers, educators and other industry profes-

sionals should plan to attend. DEC Pesticide Recertification Credits have been applied for.

Topics include: • Pest & Weed Management • Land Preparation and Fertility • Trellis System Installation • Hop Varieties • Harvesting, Drying, and Pelletizing • Irrigation • Financials • Farm Brewery Legislation • Grower & Brewer Panel • Annual NeHA meeting • Ordering rhizomes and coir and much much more...

Speakers: • Dr. David Gent, USDA Ag Research Service, Oregon • Dr. Shaun Townsend, Oregon State University • Dr. Heather Darby, University of Vermont Extension • Chris Callahan, Callahan Engineering • Steve Miller, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Madison County • Becca Jablonski, Cornell University • Growers and Brewers Panel TBA Tickets are available at: http://nehopalliance.eventbrite.com Please register by Oct. 28 as seating is limited.

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Safe use of harvesting equipment Harvesting equipment is a necessity on farms to gather the crops for a bountiful harvest. Harvest time is primary revenue time on many farms and is also one of the peak periods for farm injuries and deaths.

Many of these injuries can be prevented through effective farm safety management.

• Develop a “safety first” attitude. Follow safe work practices all the time and set a good example for others.

• Be physically and mentally fit before operating equipment. Fatigue, stress and worry can distract you from safely operating equipment. Take frequent breaks.

• Pay attention to all

safety information. Read operator’s manual and warning decals.

• Inspect the equipment and correct any hazards before operating.

• Identify hazardous areas on equipment and make sure you stay away from moving parts. Beware of pinch points, shear points, wrap points, pull-in areas, thrown objects, crush points, stored energy hazards and freewheeling parts.

• Make sure everyone who operates the equipment has the appropriate training and is physically able to operate it safely.

• Shut down equipment, turn off the engine, remove key and

wait for moving parts to stop before dismounting equipment.

• Keep bystanders and others away from equipment operation area. Do not allow “extra riders”, especially children.

Inspection • Are PTO shields in place?

• Are guards and shields in place?

• Are safety locks operational?

• Are there any leaks in hydraulics?

• Is reflective “Slow Moving Vehicle • Are lights working properly?

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In July we couldn’t buy a drop of rain. August wasn’t too bad but September has been a real soaker — first Irene and then Lee. The eastern part of Pennsylvania was hit the hardest but nearly everyone had some rain from the two storms. Some growers are reporting support systems that collapsed under the weight of the tree and crop with all the rain. If you have some trees that went over and did not break off at the

union you can rectify the problem but you must act fast. (The most recent weather forecast calls for the rain to finally end on Monday).

Dr. Rob Crassweller, Penn State Extensions pomologist suggests that trees can be righted utilizing a rope or chain attached to a tractor. Attach a padded chain or rope well up the trunk.

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roots. Attach the tree to a post or metal or wood stakes driven in the ground as shown in the drawing if you are dealing with individual trees. If you are dealing with a support system failure, notice what part failed, e.g., were the posts not driven in deep enough? Did the system fail because the wire staples pulled out? Was the crop load too much for the system? If any of these were the reason, resolve to correct them.

Immediately after you have pulled the tree upright, tamp soil down around any exposed roots. Reduce any stress to the trees next spring.

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Dr. Jim Schupp made the following observations of trellis failures in a planting at the Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center in Biglerville: Irene’s damage has taught some hard lessons that should be applied to future plantings: 1. Four wire trellises held up to storm winds better than vertical axis systems with a single wire supporting a conduit.

2. Vertical axis trellis systems in which the wire was attached by running it through a hole drilled through the top of the post held up

much better than those in which the wire was attached to the post by staples.

3. Trellis systems that were held by an angled end post wired to a vertical anchor post were more likely to loosen than were trellis systems with a vertical end post attached to a vertical anchor post by an “h” brace.

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Wine industry finds new use for Alka-Seltzer

by Amanda Garris Alka-Seltzer has been soothing human indigestion and heartburn for years. Now, it’s helping out the wine industry.

Elemental sulfur is wine’s “frenemy” — it effectively keeps the ubiquitous powdery mildew disease in vineyards at bay, but excessive residues carried over into wine can result in a rotten egg aroma.

Now a new, inexpensive method developed

by Cornell scientists gives the wine industry a way to protect both vines and fermentations by monitoring residues — using Alka-Seltzer tablets to make a wineryfriendly protocol. The same protocol may be useful for such industries as construction, wastewater management, petrochemicals and forensic analysis, say the researchers.

Elemental sulfur has been used for centuries to control fungal diseases.

“Because it’s cheap, effective and certified for organic production, sulfur is the material of choice to control pow-

dery mildew in the summer,” said project collaborator Wayne Wilcox, professor of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology based at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva. “Growers want to know how close to harvest they can spray sulfur-based fungicides without affecting wine quality. With no real data on how long the residues persist, there is a tendency towards extreme conservatism in sulfur use.”

Differences in weather and spraying conditions make providing blanket recommendations difficult, so Wilcox teamed up with Gavin Sacks, assistant professor of food science who specializes in the chemistry of grape and wine aromas at NYSAES, to develop a way to easily measure elemental sulfur so winemakers and growers could test grapes themselves.

Misha Kwasniewski, a doctoral student in the field of food science, was tasked with working out a method to convert ele-

mental sulfur into the more easily measured hydrogen sulfide gas.

The final hurdle was devising a way to remove all oxygen from the flask and flush the hydrogen sulfide into a detection tube. A research lab would use nitrogen from gas cylinders for this task, but finding a winery-friendly solution took Kwasniewski to the drug store.

“I recalled a water testing kit that used Alka-Seltzer to generate carbon dioxide,” Kwasniewski said.

“When I tested it in our system, it actually solved three problems: It cleared the oxygen, it buffered the solution at the ideal pH for the reaction, and the carbon dioxide bubbles pushed the newly formed hydrogen sulfide gas into the detection tube.”

The resulting protocol takes less than half an hour to perform, requires equipment that costs about $50, uses consumables that cost only about $5 per analysis and could save growers thousands of dollars, says Wilcox.

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“Elemental sulfur generally costs $10-$20 per acre less than other powdery mildew controls,” said Wilcox. “A grower with 50 acres of wine grapes who is able to use elemental sulfur in place of more expensive sprays five times during the growing season could realize savings of several thousands of dollars.”

Kwasniewski found that the method works just as well on drywall, which can also be contaminated with elemental sulfur. Microbial digestion of sulfur has been suggested as a source of rotten egg smell and corroded pipes in homes afflicted by “Chinese dry-

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Sample sulfur detection kits have been distributed to interested growers and winemakers across New York and extension agents in Oregon, Ohio, Virginia and North Carolina for testing during the coming harvest.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Sept. 12 that after 10 years of negotiations, U.S. cherries can now be exported to Western Australia, making cherries the first U.S. fresh fruit to gain access to that market. The market opening positions Australia as the seventh most valuable export market for U.S. cherries.

“The market opening in Western Australia is great news for American sweet cherry producers of the Northwest and even better news for American agricultural exports, which are forecast to set records this year and next thanks to the dedication of American producers,” said Michael Scuse, Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. “In fact, U.S. horticultural exports are expected to surge going into 2012, thanks to the high-quality of American-grown fruits and vegetables.”

U.S. cherries from California have had access to the eastern states of Australia since the late 1990s and Washington and Oregon have been permitted to export to the eastern Australian states since 2001. Since that time, negotiations have been ongoing between Biosecurity Australia and USDA to gain access for U.S. cherries to Western Australia, which maintains its own regulations.

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The Australian market is a rapidly growing market for U.S. cherries. In 2009, a record 2,334 metric tons of cherries valued at $15.6 million were shipped to the Australian market, compared with $1.4 million in 1999 when the market first opened. Over the years, USDA and the California and Pacific Northwest cherry industries have worked together to develop the scientific research needed to support the phytosanitary negotiations between USDA and Biosecurity Australia. These efforts, along with strong industry market development, have nurtured and maintained exports to this market.

U.S. cherries are sold in Australia at a competitive price, close to that of Australian product, as the Australian dollar has strengthened considerably in the last two years, making imports more affordable. Since U.S. cherries are counter-seasonal to the Australian crop, the products do not compete directly in the marketplace.

USDA recently forecast fiscal year 2011 and 2012 exports will reach a record $137 billion, $22 billion higher than the previous record set in 2008 and $28 billion above 2010.

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The Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center has announced the availability of funding for its new Urgent IPM Grant Program,

which is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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Section B

C H R I S TMA S S E CTI O N

Ways to promote your Christmas tree farm

by Sanne Kure-Jensen Do you remember watching your customers trekking across your snow-covered fields with excited children last year? As the families zigzagged through your rows searching for the perfect tree, they were building lasting memories. Today’s busy American family craves Quality Time. If your farm provides a magical experience, those happy families will not only return for many years to come, they will recommend your farm to their friends.

By the time you read this, there will be less than 60 days until your first customers drive into your parking lot on

Thanksgiving weekend.

To help ensure your farm’s success this season, and to bring you new customers, pull out your Marketing Plan, update it and begin implementation right away. If you don’t have a Marketing Plan, here are some ideas to get you started.

Marketing efforts drive success Plan special events or promotions such as: Photos with Santa, Scavenger Hunt, Bring your Grandparents Day, Solstice Celebration, Farm Anniversary Party or other theme days. Consider offering sleigh or hay rides or a bonfire for an evening adventure.

Consider a “Back to Basics” promo-

tion where customers trade in an old artificial tree for money off a real Christmas tree. Perhaps you could participate in a local Festival of Trees or invite a scout troop or civic group to decorate themed trees.

For helpful marketing handouts and templates, go to the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) Web site at www.christmastree.org.

Your success will depend on multiple forms of outreach. Be sure your events get listed on local, regional, newspaper and online calendars and reach out to your audience through the media with press releases and personal contact. Your

If your farm provides a magical experience, those happy families will not only return for many years to come, they will recommend your farm to their friends.

Photos by Sanne Kure-Jensen event press releases should include a description and time of events, your farm name, general

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farm hours, address, phone number, logo and contact information. Include photos from a previous year’s event, if available, or photos from your tree farm. Consider

reserving space in your local newspaper’s Holiday Shopping Guide and time on local radio station broadcasts.

As your

Ways B2

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Ways from B1 budget and computer skills allow, create some of these: print ads, post card mailers, newsletters, Valpak inserts, Chamber of Commerce mailers/e-mails, posters, brochures, business cards and/or coupons. If you need assistance, think about hiring outside help. Develop a printing, mailing, emailing and

poster delivery schedule. If you decide to use post card mailers with bulk rate postage, send them as much as a month early due to slow holiday mail processing. Posters can be hung at local markets, libraries, churches, day care facilities or dance and sports centers.

Consider reaching out on social media

Thirty to 35 million American homes celebrate the holidays with a fresh Christmas tree. Therefore careful preparation of the holiday season is essential.

ty. Keep in touch; send another press release a week after Thanksgiving and again after Christmas. You could include human interest stories with photos of happy families in your fields and describe Christmas tree pickup and recycling options in your area.

Your early and mid-season press releases should include the following great reasons to use a real Christmas tree. The NCTA Web site lists these and many more benefits over artificial trees.

• Real Trees are a renewable, recyclable resource.

• Christmas tree farms stabilize soil, protect and improve water quality and

Ways B3

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Offer to give a talk on the history of Christmas trees to local clubs, libraries and organizations like Rotary Club, Elks Club, Chamber of Commerce, school PTAs, etc. Offer to share the podium with a well-known local decorator who could demonstrate holiday trends with a colorful slide or PowerPoint presentation. Be sure to display your brochures, business cards and/or coupons from your farm.

Before things get hectic this November, review and update your local media contact lists. Phone or e-mail every media contact with your event plans; offer an interview and farm photo opportuni-

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replant fields with seedlings the next spring.

• Tree farms support complex ecosystems including birds, mammals, insects and more.

• Trees are carbon neutral. While they grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide, filter our air and give off oxygen for us to breathe. When decomposing, carbon, nitrogen and other elements return to soils.

• Across the country, over 4,000 communities offer Christmas tree recycling, pick-up and/or chipping programs.

Be sure to take a break and walk among your trees to remind you why

you’re spending all this time in the office rather than outside on a beautiful, fall day.

Fall site preparation Ready your site for visitors. Clean your signs and ensure they list accurate farm hours and prices. Clear any brush or branches that may obscure your signs. Grade your parking lot and have your snow plow in working order. Consider setting aside a covered area for pre-cut trees and greens for sale during bad weather. Be sure your lighting works; days are getting shorter and daylight savings time will end on Nov. 6. Clean your

office and Visitor Center.

Sharpen your saws. Make sure your baler is working and that you have enough netting in stock for the season. Consider offering hot chocolate and warm spiced cider to your customers.

When Thanksgiving looms: verify you have adequate staff, small bills for your change box and cord for tying trees to car roofs. Be sure keep good daily sales records. Take photos and videos of customers and special events. Post these images on social media and state association Web sites and use them for future marketing efforts.

Get your farm listed To help potential customers find your Christmas tree farm, be sure you farm is listed on your local Department of Agriculture Web site and consider joining a state or national growers association and/or a Chamber of Commerce. Many association and Chamber of Commerce Web sites cover neighboring states and allow users to search by

town, farm name or state. Some association and chamber Web sites offer members an individual page displaying events, promotions, coupons, address, phone number, products, services and hours.

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Across the country, nearly 15,000 Christmas tree farms grow 350 million Christmas trees and over 100,000 people work in the industry in 47 states according to the NCTA.

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Christmas Tree tradition still strong The National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA) recently released results of Christmas Tree purchases for the 2010 holiday season.

The industry group commissions an annual consumer tracking poll with Harris Interactive, Inc. Poll results show that consumers in the United States purchased 27 million farm-grown Christmas Trees in 2010, a slight decrease from the previous year.

Consumers only pur-

chased 8.2 million artificial trees in 2010, a 30 percent decrease over the previous year.

The average amount spent on a farm-grown tree was $36.12, down from $40.92 in 2009.

While some might attribute that decline to a “bad economy,” the analysis is not so cut and dry. Many factors could influence how much a family or individual spends on their particular tree, including size, species, quality, where purchased, day

purchased and even just budget reasons.

“There are many growers and retailers in our industry trying to offer more variety to customers,” said NCTA President Richard Moore, a tree farmer from Groton, NY. “If you sell a three-foot-tall table top tree, you probably won’t get as much for it as a typical sixfoot tree, but it might help you get a new customer, or keep a long-

time customer whose home situation has changed and a smaller tree makes more sense.”

Industry experts point out that many factors can influence sales, including harvest conditions, weather conditions, number of consumers traveling for the holidays and even the number of days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. There is simply no way to accurately forecast price tags on

trees in any given year, and the survey instrument does not delve into why people spend more or less on their tree than in previous years.

The number of trees purchased was within 4 percent of the last two years in spite of the bad economy and that bodes well for the industry’s future. “The good news for family farms growing Christmas Trees is many families, especially young families are much more

likely to have traditional Christmas Trees,” said Moore. “Younger people want the real thing, not a plastic tradition.”

It is estimated that Christmas Tree farms in North America planted about 40 million new tree seedlings in 2011 to replace harvested crops and meet future increased demand.

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These woolly masses appear as white dots along the trunk, limbs, and buds of infested trees (U.S. Forest Service 1989). Within the United States, the entire population is female, and re-

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Balsam Woolly Adelgid in Fraser Fir

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Balsam woolly adelgid was first found on Mount Mitchell, NC, in 1957. The Fraser fir trees located at high elevations on Mount Mitchell have experienced heavy mortality.

Photo by Robert F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, courtesy of forestryimages.org

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Immature balsam woolly adelgids, called crawlers, are the only mobile stage in the adelgid life cycle.

Photo by USDA Forest Service, courtesy of forestryimages.org

Gouting, or swelling, of young twigs in often a response to balsam woolly adelgid infestations.

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C H R I S TMA S S E CTI O N Balsam from B5 damage from infestations include gouting (swelling) of twigs and buds and twig dieback ( U.S. Forest Service 1989). A heavily infested tree may die within two to seven years after infestation.

Chemical control of balsam woolly adelgid is very expensive and time consuming. Ornamental trees or Christmas tree plantations can be treated with chemical controls to lessen the impact, but this is not Infestations of balsam woolly adelgid appear as tiny white dots along the limbs and trunks.

Photo by USDA Forest Service, courtesy of forestryimages.org

usually feasible in forested settings ( U.S. Forest Service 1989).

Other control efforts have been initiated with little result. Currently, Fraser fir populations remain at great risk from balsam woolly adelgid infestations.

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Deer browse management plans should consider the following: 1. Assessment – describe the problem and quantify or qualify the

damage including costs, determine what is causing the damage (visual sightings, tracks, feces, trails, burrow systems, bite characteristics, scars on stems or trunks and migratory patterns), pattern of damage, population size and density, travel routes, seasonal food preferences, generally more damage occurs with winter feeding than summer feeding due to availability of preferred forage. Site characteristics: size of the site to be protected – proximity to

alternative available food, open land is less desirable to deer than cover, can other wildlife predators be controlled as well (rabbits, beaver, woodchucks, etc).

2. Techniques – depends on landowner objectives, goal of project, density, population and type of animal causing the damage, and severity of damage. Determine the consequences of each technique for ecological, economic and social issues. Effectiveness will depend on knowl-

edge and behavior of problem species, ecological consequences of the selected methods, interaction between the environment and the chosen techniques. Assess risk to non-target species, keep costs in mind, are the costs reasonable to the expected reduction in damage?

3. Strategy – plan how the chosen technique(s) will be implemented. One technique can be employed to stop the damage while another to prevent future damage. List

equipment and materials needed and amounts.

Acquire permits and safety equipment.

4. Implement – apply the techniques to the treatment area. Document the work done, any changes needed once onsite and future management plans.

5. Results – monitor results to judge effectiveness. Changes in usual conditions such as variations in site conditions, population levels, weather, feeding conditions

and other factors may affect expected results.

Ensure that off-site effects are not damaging nearby ecolocommunities or threatened and endangered species.

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Keep scouting for late season pests in Christmas trees Late season pests like spider mites, spruce-fir loopers and brown spot needle blight can still affect the quality of your Christmas trees before harvest.

by Jill O’Donnell, Michigan State University Extension After Labor Day, attention often shifts from growing trees to the harvest ahead. Growers, however, should continue to scout their plantations for late season pests that can still affect the quality of the foliage of Christmas trees and may make them unsalable.

Spider mites Spruce spider mites often seem to disappear in hot, dry weather of July and August, only to reappear when temperatures begin to cool in the fall.

Pay particular attention to the trees you plan to harvest this year. Check for mite activity by closely inspecting the older needles near the tree stem or by sharply rapping shoots over white cardboard or a notebook with white paper.

Spruce-fir loopers This insect may go unnoticed on Fraser or balsam fir until the trees

Damage to the top of a Fraser fir.

have a significant amount of damage.

The caterpillar is anywhere from 0.25 to 1.0 inch long, light green with dark green and white stripes. The head capsule is light brown. The larvae chew notches out of the needles, which after a few days turn brown. Needles can also be found hanging from silken threads. Most of the damage can be in the top part of the tree, but feeding

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Brown spot needle blight Brown spot needle blight had not been reported in Michigan until the fall of 2010. At this time of the year, you will find Scotch pines that have all of a sudden started to turn brown from the bottom up. On some trees, only the very top of the tree is still green. Looking closely at the foliage, you will find

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Source: Michigan State University Extension News for Agriculture

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2011 PVGA Field Day at the Landisville Trial Ground

by Bill Rose Where could you go to for hands-on instruction in squash and pumpkin disease identification; to see the latest tomato, squash and pepper trials; to tour one of the largest flower trials in the country; and to top it off by taste-testing over 20 varieties of cantaloupes? All this and more was the reward of those attending the 2011 Pennsylvania Vegetable Field Day on Aug. 3.

The Field Day, held every 2 years at the Penn State Southeast Research and Extension Center in Landisville, PA, drew about 80 interested growers, exhibitors and educators. The Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers' Association (PVGA ) sponsored the event. The educational program for the day was planned by Steve Bogash and Tim Elkner, both Extension Educators with Penn State.

The first stops were at the two Haygrove tunnels onsite, to see tomato and colored bell pepper trials.

According to Elkner, “Colored bell peppers are worth more money to you as growers. . . We have 20 varieties of peppers in here, field varieties that you are probably familiar with.”

Elkner noted that Red Knight and Socrates are red pepper varieties that have done well in trials.

Elkner pointed out that “when we put this crop in here I did remove a lot of the first set of peppers because it was late. My experience in the past is if you hold a pepper plant a little too long and plant it and let it set that first fruit, it's stunted for the rest of the season. So we pulled off that first set of peppers, right down in the bottom where [it first branches off].”

Bogash introduced the tomato high tunnel trial, noting there are 20 varieties being tested. “BHN 589 has been our standard high yielding tomato that also tastes good.

BHN 1041 looks like its going to be a winner, at least from the early harvest.” Among grape tomatoes, crack resistant Solid Gold (grape) appears to be a good yellow replacement for easy-cracking Sun Gold (cherry).

Bogash provided the details on the construction of the high tunnels, which use Solarig 172 woven diffusion type plastic. He noted that diffusion plastics can significantly increase yields.

Bogash also noted that the light under the diffusion plastic is dimmer

but it's spread a lot more.

“It will teach you how bad a nutrient applicator you are-- it's so hard to keep up. What it gives you is so much higher production, that, if you get behind on potassium, catching back up is a big deal.” To keep up Bogash does tissue testing every other week, and injects 34 times the recommended potassium through the drip lines. This is in addition to foliar potassium applications.

For fungus control in the high tunnel, Bogash is using an alternating program of Stimplex (seaweed extract) and Regalia (giant knotweed extract).

These are not fungicides, but rather stimulate the plant to be better at fighting off diseases.

From the high tunnels, Field Day participants moved onto the winter squash trials. According to Elkner, the trial involves 12 varieties of acorn squash, 11 varieties of butternut, and 7 varieties of buttercup/kabocha. Bogash noted a recent new interest in winter squash among urbanites. Chefs have been pushing this, and the market is expanding rapidly, even including fresh cut offerings and squash soups at farm markets. “This is a growing market, certainly something you all should look at. The beauty of it is that you've got something that you can market for 6, 8, 10 weeks with no difficulty at all, so it does not compare with any other produce crop.”

The cucurbit trials also offered live demonstrations of squash diseases such as angular leaf spot and downy mildew. Beth Gugino, Penn State plant pathologist, explained the operation of the research station's six-variety downy mildew sentinel plot. “In this plot we want to see the disease because then we can help you better manage it on your crops. Downy mildew is a type of pathogen that does not survive over winter. Here in the northeast it is always coming from somewhere else, south or even Canada.” The Landisville sentinel plot is one of several dozen up and down the East Coast. Gugino explained the disease confirmations in the sentinel plots are logged in a Web site, so the researchers can better forecast what areas are at risk for disease development.

When the Field Day

Tim Elkner and Steve Bogash, Penn State Extension Educators, explain different aspects of the high tunnel colored bell pepper variety trial, featuring 20 varieties, at the 2011 PVGA Field Day in Landisville, PA. walking tour moved onto the onion trials, Gugino was once again in the spotlight. She said. “If you would have been here last week, we would have been harvesting the last of our onion trials. In this field, we had four different trials looking at onion bacterial diseases.” The onion diseases involve those that rot the outer onion skin, as well as those that run down the leaves of the onion into the bulb so that you end up with a discolored ring or two within an outwardly good onion. Gugino's task is to figure out what pathogens are involved and what kind of management practices to use to reduce these bacterial diseases.

One of her trials looked at different kinds of plastic mulches. Traditionally, onions are grown on black plastic mulch. Gugino noted, “We are starting to feel that the extensive heat generated on black plastic is causing some of our problems. We like that heat early in the season to get the plants going, but later in the season it is becoming problematic.” Although not all the results from the trial have been tabulated, Gugino said that “black biodegradable plastic was a day-andnight difference for us in this trial.” We had a lot of sour skin in the black plastic. The black plastic stayed tight to the onion bulb. You end up with some condensation between the plastic and the

onion and you get extreme high temperatures causing a lot of rot. In our black biodegradable plastic those onions broke through the plastic and were actually kind of sitting on top of the soil. We saw very, very little of this sour skin or surface rot.”

Another aspect of Gugino's onion trials is plant spacing. She asked, “If we start changing our spacing can we influence the diameter of the neck of the onion? We know that in onions that have thick necks, the bacteria have

more of an opportunity to move into the bulb. They dry down less quickly. In this field we looked at both the mulch and the spacing together, and what happens if we alter both of them.”

The onion trials ended the walking tour portion of the Field Day. From there it was onto the wagons to see other research plots further afield. These included trials of root inoculants, trials of new materials from Miller Chemical and Fertilizer (one of various industry

partnerships of the researchers), trials of “softer” fungicides (Regalia, Stimplex, Actiguard, vermicompost “tea”), trials of a new pepper irrigation technique, and more.

Along the way, participants were treated to the latest research on squash bees (alternative to honey bees), and learned the proper method for taking leaf tissue samples from tomatoes and peppers for nutrient analyses.

Next chance at this biennial field tour at Landisville is 2013.

Comparing production methods for landscape trees workshop offered A workshop on Comparing Production Methods for Landscape Trees will be held Oct. 20, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Amherst Nurseries, 199 Belchertown Road Route 9, Amherst, MA. This workshop is designed for garden centers, retailers, landscapers, nurseries and anyone else interested in growing and selling trees for landscapes. Dan Lass, UMass Isenberg School, and Cathy Neal, Extension Nursery Specialist, University of New Hampshire, will discuss research results of three different tree production methods: field grown or bare root trees, pot-in-pot and in-ground fabric containers.

During the tour, the discuss will focus on production economics, plant growth and root structure in response to the three production methods. Attendees will have an opportunity to see the root systems and make comparisons of the various treatments.

In addition to the trials, summaries of survey results will be presented. A survey of landscape and nursery professionals was conducted this year to assess current attitudes and demand for trees being grown using the three

different methods.

Program details can be found at https://extension.umass.edu/floriculture/ To register, contacting Tina Smith, UMass Extension, at 413-545-5306 or tsmith@umext.umass.edu There is no charge for this event, however, pre-registration is strongly encouraged to aid in its planning.

This program is sponsored by a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management, University of New Hampshire Extension and University of Massachusetts Extension Agriculture and Landscape Program.

CropCare has been producing Ag Sprayers for decades. An exciting addition to their 2012 equipment line is a 1000 gallon model, the TR1000, that enhances productivity by reducing refill trips for farmers that spray midto- larger size acreages. CropCare has been perfecting these larger sprayers to be models of durability, simplicity, with features and enhancement op-

tions that stay well within the budget.

Features include a 1000 gallon “total drain” tank, Big Wheel Axle assembly, and either a PTO or Hydraulic-driven pump. The TR1000 has an adjustable wheel base from 62”-120”.

CropCare uniquely offers a “Built to Order” capability to tailor a sprayer for an individual farmer’s specific needs, increasing comfort and efficiency in us-

age — but staying within or below prices charged by other sprayer manufacturers. Just a portion of options include automatic rate control, freshwater rinse with power wash system, chemical induction, quick fill, safety lighting, hydraulic boom height adjustment, and precision GPS guidance systems that will keep you on the cutting edge of application technology.

CropCare’s careful engineering and high-quality American manufacturing produces a high-performing machine that’s easy on the pocketbook, and backed by our strong customer service standards and full-service sprayer parts division locally based in Pennsylvania.

For more information call 717-7387365 or visit www.CropCareEquipment.com

Woodbury FFA members volunteer at Celebration of Connecticut Farms Woodbury FFA members in the Ellis Clark Regional Agriscience and Technology Program at Nonnewaug High School recently took part in the Connecticut Farmland Trust’s Celebration of Connecticut Farms held at Jones Family Farm in Shelton.

This year’s event was held on Sunday, Sept.

11. The Connecticut Farmland Trust (CFT) is the only private statewide conservation organization dedicated solely to permanently protecting Connecticut's farmland. The Celebration of Connecticut Farms is an annual

fundraising event hosted by the CFT at various farms around the state.

Guests at this event are treated to a spread of locally produced foods from restaurateurs around the state, while also having the opportunity to bid on items from a silent auction, listen to live music, and tour the Jones Family Farm. This year’s Honorary Chairpersons of the Celebration were Christine Baranski, Faith Middleton, and Jacques Pepin.

Woodbury FFA members assisted with the event by welcoming guests, organizing gift baskets, bussing tables,

Woodbury FFA members in the Ellis Clark Regional Agriscience and Technology Program at Nonnewaug High School recently took part in the Connecticut Farmland Trust’s Celebration of Connecticut Farms held at Jones Family Farm in Shelton on Sunday, Sept.

11. Pictured here are (back row, left to right) advisor Sarah LaRose, advisor Bill Davenport, Robert Peterson, Kat Pannill, Jordan Zitnay, Denielle Gamelin, Emily McCormack, Sarah Alegi, Erin McFeaters, Meghan Carroll, advisor Ed Belinsky. (front row, left to right) Melissa Gyba, Christa Roth, Savannah Sprague, Shelby Jaffe, Lacy Belenchia, Becca Espitee, Mike Sirois.

and cleaning up at the conclusion of the event.

Terry Jones of Jones Family Farm said that he was “very excited to see FFA members here in their blue jackets.”

Many guests turned out to support the Celebration on the beautiful Sunday in Fairfield County. FFA member Sarah Alegi of Naugatuck said of the day,

“I was really excited to meet people from all over the state who supported Connecticut agriculture. It was a great opportunity to help support local food

production.” This activity is a community service activity for the very active and successful Woodbury FFA chapter at Nonnewaug High School.

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Anderson Pots: The first is still the best Anderson Die and Manufacturing was founded In Portland, OR by George Anderson in 1954. Originally the firm was a custom die-maker and the manufacturer of various injection molded plastic products. Only a few years after its founding, it began to market the first Anderson nursery container — a 2 inch square pot with drainage holes. Then, Anderson’s attention turned to replacing the nursery field containers of the day — typically used food cans or heavy clay pots. Growers had difficulty in securing enough metal cans from prisons and cafeterias for their needs. Even when they could get enough metal cans, they still had to punch the holes in each can by hand. Plastic pots with the holes already in place were George Anderson’s answer. A new industry was born.

Growth in the nursery pot business lead to a move to a new larger plant complex off McLaughlin Avenue in Milwaukie, OR, just below the Portland city limits in 1965. Many additional plastic pot designs were soon in full production and it wasn’t long before Anderson Pots were known throughout the world.

Anderson Pots have always been prized for innovative designs, thick walls, and superb injection molded quality. Anderson pots are reusable — they are not one time use throwaways, but excellent long-term investments for growers.

Today, Anderson Die and Manufacturing’s sprawling manufacturing plant includes a large number of high quality injection molded machines including more than a dozen new Husky Hylectric machines, known for rapid cycle times and consistent quality. They make nursery pots of many sizes and styles, including: Anderson’s unique cross-bottom tree bands, flats, heavy duty saucers and unique bio-degradable plastic pots in the Eco Choice line. Anderson pots are shipped across North America and, occasionally still, overseas. Anderson sells its line of pots through various nursery supply firms as well as direct (wholesale sales only) from its Oregon headquarters. With the growing concern about throw-away plastics going into landfills, Anderson’s

long-standing reputation for long field life and for their pot’s water saving qualities, suggest the company’s future is bright in its sixth decade as a nursery supplier. Everything they sell is made in the U.S.A. in Oregon, not China or South East Asia. Look for the Anderson Die & Manufacturing name prominently displayed on the bottoms of the plastic pots wherever quality plants are sold.

Anderson’s motto is “Quality Plants Deserve an Anderson Pot.” In addition to being a quality, reusable investment that can be justified economically in terms of long term value, Anderson’s recycled polyethylene and polypropylene pots are innovative designs that offer growers: • Higher survival rates • Excellent root development • Stacking ribs to inhibit root circling • Improved root protection from the sun’s rays • Improved root protection from cold temperatures • Water saving drainage designs • Ease of handling in potting and grafting Anderson’s strives to always offer competitive prices on quality injectionmolded plastic nursery products; prices that are truly bargains for what you get. But, the company says Anderson is never going to be the cheapest container supplier for nurseries who look only at lowest cost without considering quality and service. If you are looking for the cheapest initial price on pots, you should probably buy elsewhere.

On the other hand, if service and long term value drive your decision making, Anderson Pots may be exactly what you seek. Anderson’s customers tell them their pots last and last. It is not uncommon to find Anderson pots more than a decade old still in use. This company has gone against the grain by emphasizing long term value in an age defined by short-cuts and inexpensive plastic throw-always. In its sixth decade Anderson’s strategy is still working.

For more information call 866-950POTS (7687) or 503-654-5629, email info@andersonpots.com or visit www.andersonpots.com

Anderson Die and Manufacturing was established in 1954 and today the company’s sprawling manufacturing plant includes a large number of high quality injection molding machines.

GROWER

Section C

Lawson Mills Biomass Solutions Ltd

F UEL es from all sectors can and will find themselves better able to adapt to

the ever changing world of biomass utilization.

For more information contact Paul Lawson at

888-313-9424, email info@makepellets.ca or visit www.makepellets.ca

Design-build composting and heat recovery systems

Through use of the LM-72 series of pellet systems, Lawson Mills Biomass Solutions provides a means to turn waste materials into useable, often saleable products.

In a world of higher costs and less profit, Lawson Mills Biomass Solutions Ltd has developed a system that actually gives back to business owners. This system takes a raw material and by means of a series of integrated components, allows a producer to take a single or multiple products, combine them, create pellets and then cool them to create a finished, useable pellet. Using cold-press and floating roller technologies, the mills provide a level of versatility previously unheard of in the pellet-making world.

One of the challenges that face businesses from all sectors is that of waste disposal. Many companies, whether in agriculture, forestry, feed production or manufacturing, have to deal with trying to dispose of a by-product after processing their primary material. In many cases, this is costly and time consuming.

Through use of the LM-72 series of pellet systems, Lawson Mills Biomass Solutions provides a means to turn waste materials into useable, often saleable products. While many people associate pellet mills with the creation of wood pellets, these systems are much more versatile, allowing one to produce fuel pellets from wood waste, fuel crops, straw, hay, paper, commercial crop residue … virtually any biomass.

But fuel pellets are just the tip of the iceberg. Because the LM-72 series of mill are designed to produce minimal heat and are able to combine multiple ingredients, the Lawson Mills systems are used by feed producers to create specialty, value added feeds and fertilizers. Farmers and others can produce bedding that can be used in farm and pet applications. Compost companies and recycling companies use the systems for creating a wide variety of products. Universities and research facilities can do batch testing

without needing tons of material. Some businesses even use the mills strictly for the purpose of densifying materials for easier shipping, as is done by hops producers.

Lawson Mills Biomass Solutions Ltd has developed an industry leading technology, and is dedicated to helping clients all over North America find ways to maximize their profits by using what is often at their fingertips. With the continued education of biomass producers everywhere and the ongoing distribution of the LM-72 pellet systems, business-

ClearSpan™ Fabric Structures has partnered with AgriLab® Technologies to offer a complete composting and heat recovery system to the rural, horticultural and agribusiness communities. AgriLab Technologies develops, designs, and manufactures heat transfer solutions that are environmentally friendly and significantly reduce dependency on fossil fuels. These systems are designed for heat transfer efficiency, ease of use, safety and cost effectiveness to construct and operate.

Due to increasing energy and fertilizer costs, AgriLab’s technology will play a key role in managing recyclable organic materials, which need to be returned to farm soils and diverted from landfills, reducing methane and CO2 emissions. A reliance on compost and its benefits will help

lower the carbon footprint of global food production, while also supporting local economic activity.

The AgriLab system extracts thermal energy through aerobic decomposition (composting). Steam vapor is produced through this process and then pulled through air channels built into a specially designed, insulated composting pad floor. The cutting edge ISOBAR™ technology moves the heated steam vapor produced through the composting process across closed-loop, gas-charged tubes to collect the heat. The heat created is transferred into a reservoir which increases the temperature of the water used for farm heating and process water applications. This system is able to maintain tank temperatures

Design-Build C2

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American Academy of Floriculture adds new members time and energy they dedicate to the floral industry and the communities in which they live.

On Sept. 15, at the Industry Awards Dinner held during SAF’s 127th Annual Convention in Orlando, FL, the following individuals became

AAF’s newest members: Jenny Behlings, AAF, PFCI, SDCF, of Jenny’s Floral, Custer, SD; Don Coleman Jr., AAF, of Mayfield Florist, Tucson, AZ; Greg Coleman, AAF, of Mayfield Florist, Tucson, AZ; James Daly, AAF, of Floralife Inc.,

Walterboro, SC; Kimie Miyamoto, AAF; of Flora Design Inc.; New York, NY; Shelley Pease, AAF; of Shelley’s Flowers & Gifts, Waldoboro, Maine; Susan Wilke, AAF, PFCI,

of Karthauser and Sons Wholesale Florist, Franklin, WI; Robbin Yelverton, of Blumz ... by JRDesigns Floral & Event Professionals, Ferndale, MI.

NETF

Northeast Tree Farms, Inc. Phone: (570) 985-1519 Fax: (570) 985-1518 Cell: (570) 933-4620

New members of the AAF inducted at the SAF’s 127th Convention are (L-R) Kimie Miyamoto, Greg Coleman, Susan Wilke, James Daly, Shelley Pease, Robbin Yelverton, AAF, and Jenny Behlings, AAF. Absent from the photo is Don Coleman Jr. Eight dedicated industry members were accepted into the prestigious ranks of the Society of American Florists American Academy of Floriculture (AAF) in September.

“The stringent requirements of the Academy make AAF an achievement recognized throughout the industry,” said SAF Awards Committee Chair-

man Chuck Johnson of Smithers-Oasis North America. “Only those individuals who have demonstrated the highest levels of service ... are selected to receive the AAF professional designation.”

Since 1965, AAF has encouraged, measured and recognized professionals from all parts of the floral industry for the

Design-Build from C2 of 120˚ to 130˚F. The energy captured through this process can be used to heat water for your home, business, greenhouse or stable, potentially saving thousands of dollars a year in propane and diesel fuel costs.

It is critical that the compost bays used in these systems are covered as the heat capture must take place in a controlled environment.

ClearSpan’s Hercules Truss Arch Buildings are the key component for environmental control with an AgriLab system.

The exceptional height and wide open space of fabric structures allow easy access for equipment such as skid steers, conveyors, turning machines and pay loaders. The USA-made, triple-galvanized steel frames are extremely durable and corrosion resistant. Superb air quality allows for better moisture control and limits condensation to produce high-quality compost. Energy costs are far lower in a ClearSpan structure because the abundant natural light eliminates the need for artificial daytime lighting.

ClearSpan’s durable, allweather fabric covers protect the compost from rain, reducing run-off.

This protection increases nutrient retention, producing a higher quality product overall.

For more information

about AgriLab Technologies or Hercules Truss Arch Buildings, please contact a Truss Arch specialist at 866643-1010.

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Fraser - Canaan Balsam - Nordman Concolor - Blues Meyers

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510 E. 16th St., Holland, MI 49423 Ph: 1.800.275.4482 Ext. 1 • Fax: 616.392.7996 Website: www.transplanter.com E-mail: hldtrans@iserv.net

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Christmas Trees

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For more information on being a part of this section call

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Farm Market Items

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Hoeffner Farms Hornell,NY

2 LANE APPLE SIZER, 1997 Aweta 68’ length, 13 drop weight sizer. Call Sally at 616887-6136 ext 201 or email sally@riveridgepacking.com

Garden Supplies GROW HALF-DOLLAR SIZE muscadine & blackberries, 200 varieties, fruits, nuts, and berries. Free color catalog.

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Blueberry, Raspberry, Blackberry and other Small Fruits.

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Country Folks Grower Classifieds

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Miscellaneous

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Seeds

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Native Plants

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Geiger’s Garden Center 40 Bel ont St. Fairfield, CT 06430

NATIVE GRASSES, sedges, rushes, wildflowers, and herbaceous plants for use in wetland mitigation, restoration, and landscape design.

Contract growing available.

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by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), corn earworm caterpillars forced to feed on blue areas of petunia petals gained less weight than larvae that fed on white areas. ARS is USDA’s principal intramural scientific research agency.

Additional experiments showed that an-

thocyanins isolated from the petunia petals also slowed the caterpillars’ growth rate. Cabbage looper caterpillars were also evaluated.

Those that ate the blue petal areas of a petunia cultivar used in the tests died at higher rates than larvae that ate the white areas.

Although it’s unclear what petal compound or compounds were involved in the loopers’

deaths, their toxicity was apparently increased by the anthocyanins’ presence, according to Eric T. Johnson, a molecular biologist with the center’s Crop Bioprotection Research Unit.

He and his colleagues also are interested in maize proteins that are produced during the crop’s seedling stage.

The seedlings are quite resistant to insects, and the researchers suspect

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ARS scientists are investigating the ability of anthocyanins, healthful chemical compounds that give fruit and flowers blue and purple color, to control insect pests such as the corn earworm.

this may be partly due to a combination of resistance biochemicals and proteins.

If the proteins’ resistance role can be confirmed, then it may be possible to express the genes responsible for those proteins at a later stage in the plant’s life cycle. However, this would be contingent upon expressing them at sufficient levels, adds Johnson.

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by Jan Suszkiw U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Peoria, IL, are investigating the pestfighting potential of anthocyanins, healthful chemical compounds in the form of plant pigments that give blueberries, plums, grapes and flowers such as petunias their blue and purple color.

In experiments conducted at the National

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