When local vegetable producers scale up their production to meet an increasing demand for local produce from institutional and retail purchasers, they face a number of investment challenges as they adopt appropriate systems and techniques. A key area of interest is how to manage transplant production as growers expand their operations
Aggregating products and marketing efforts can help local food producers in a less urban area make t...
This study looks at the number of jobs that would be created and acres needed for Iowa farmers to pr...
Yield and quality of several kinds of vegetables grown on plots in Iowa\u27s Missouri River Valley w...
Consultant Chris Blanchard outlines post-harvest equipment, packing facility and handling procedures...
This 28-page publication describes field machinery used on six Iowa fruit and vegetable operations. ...
Machinery and equipment needs are far different for vegetable farms than for commodity production un...
As regional food purchasing continues to gain consumer interest, an increasing number of diversifie...
How do farmers embark on a new type of production system, such as for vegetable and horticultural cr...
Wise use of irrigation may help farmers to reduce fungicide applications on vegetable crops. Such a ...
The current financial crisis in Midwestern agriculture has prompted farmers and policymakers to sear...
Farmers who want to grow specialty crops need to cultivate different marketing skills. They also nee...
This fact sheet discusses what is needed to grow quality (compact, well rooted, healthy) transplant...
Ramping up production from direct sales to providing goods for wholesale markets means farmers must ...
The Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Market Planner is an entirely new and improved version of the Leopold C...
Contracts and market agreements could help local food producers manage the risk of increasing produc...
Aggregating products and marketing efforts can help local food producers in a less urban area make t...
This study looks at the number of jobs that would be created and acres needed for Iowa farmers to pr...
Yield and quality of several kinds of vegetables grown on plots in Iowa\u27s Missouri River Valley w...
Consultant Chris Blanchard outlines post-harvest equipment, packing facility and handling procedures...
This 28-page publication describes field machinery used on six Iowa fruit and vegetable operations. ...
Machinery and equipment needs are far different for vegetable farms than for commodity production un...
As regional food purchasing continues to gain consumer interest, an increasing number of diversifie...
How do farmers embark on a new type of production system, such as for vegetable and horticultural cr...
Wise use of irrigation may help farmers to reduce fungicide applications on vegetable crops. Such a ...
The current financial crisis in Midwestern agriculture has prompted farmers and policymakers to sear...
Farmers who want to grow specialty crops need to cultivate different marketing skills. They also nee...
This fact sheet discusses what is needed to grow quality (compact, well rooted, healthy) transplant...
Ramping up production from direct sales to providing goods for wholesale markets means farmers must ...
The Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Market Planner is an entirely new and improved version of the Leopold C...
Contracts and market agreements could help local food producers manage the risk of increasing produc...
Aggregating products and marketing efforts can help local food producers in a less urban area make t...
This study looks at the number of jobs that would be created and acres needed for Iowa farmers to pr...
Yield and quality of several kinds of vegetables grown on plots in Iowa\u27s Missouri River Valley w...