Acre Orchard Science 
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 15, 2024
Critics equate large ventures to indoor agribusiness: Often backed by companies and private investors with little experience in commercial agriculture , some factory-like facilities can span multiple acres and consume vast amounts of energy. acre lot has ample space for the growing business. Kaʻinapu Cavasso agrees.
Modern Farmer
JULY 11, 2023
Plumblee oversees about 7,000 acres in the central San Joaquin Valley, growing navel oranges, valencias, mandarins and even some lemons and grapefruits. There’s no sign of HLB in the Booth orchards yet, and Plumlee aims to keep it that way. California is home to roughly 300,000 acres of citrus production across the state.
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Modern Farmer
AUGUST 11, 2023
Fruit, she says, had not made the same progress in breeding science as bigger crops such as vegetables and grains. “I From her test orchard in Clarksville—25 acres of diverse cherry trees—she began breeding to address the primary threats. She remembers a breeding class coming out to the Clarksville orchard.
UnderstandingAg
OCTOBER 29, 2023
For me, well, I was taking an introductory soil science class in a two-year horticulture degree program at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, NY. In that soil science class, I learned all about soil horizons, particle size ranges that comprise sand, loam, and clay, pH, N,P,K, and the fact soil compaction inhibits plant growth.
Modern Farmer
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Where I live in North Carolina, growers with large cucumber and squash farms rent honey bees at a cost of $100 or more per hive and require 1-2 hives per acre during each season. And for those new to the craft and science of beekeeping, some find themselves unable to keep their hives going over the years.
Civil Eats
MARCH 11, 2024
He mostly grows salad greens across 3 acres of farmland. We like to think of these wood chips as encouraging the fungi from the native forest around to come into our fields and partner with our orchards and with our crops.” The ratio of fungi to bacteria depends on the plants, explains Robb.
Modern Farmer
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
The 260-acre ranch butts up against the West Elk Mountains, four miles east of the West Elk Wilderness, almost smack-dab in the middle of where gray wolves could be released this winter. One partner rejuvenated the old apple orchard, planted another 120 heritage-variety trees and started a cider business. “A
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